[imp] Imp and simultaneous usage

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Kevin Konowalec <webadmin at ualberta.ca>:

> We have a group of users that are having multiple users accessing the
> same Cyrus IMAP account through horde/imp (latest stable releases of
> both) simultaneously.  They're basically doing the same job and
> dealing with incoming requests from the same pool of emails and are
> wanting to use the same account to keep things organized.  They have
> been complaining that there are times when Imp will just sit there
> and spin its wheels for no apparent reason.  Would this be a result
> of more than one person trying to access the same account at the same
> time?  Is this kind of usage not advisable?  If so, why?  If this
> SHOULD be doable then can anyone suggest what might be hanging things
> up?

This is usually not a good idea. Better create a shared mailbox for them.

> On an slight tangent... there are a number of things that could be at
> fault when a user experiences a problem.  There could be an issue
> with the mail server, the IMAP proxy, the memcached servers, or the
> horde servers themselves.  For large clustered installations it gets
> tough to be able to diagnose where the problem actually is.  Has
> anyone come up with a good way to monitor the health of the entire
> system to be able to better keep your finger on the pulse?

I'm pretty happy with Munin.

Jan.

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