Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 13:48:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Lists <lists@mrvid.demon.co.uk> To: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@clicknet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help, popper is beating my mail server to death. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980211134801.20481B-100000@millennium.net> In-Reply-To: <34E0C4DD.4708607E@clicknet.com>
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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Sean J. Schluntz wrote:
> I'm using popper v.2.1.4-R3 on a FreeBSD v2.1.0-R system (I know, I need
> to upgrade ;).
>
> Recently I've noticed that checking eMail through pop3 is taking for
> ever. Especially for those of us who keep two or three days on the
> server at any one time since we are checking it from multiple systems.
>
> I noticed today that when I check mail (which now takes over 45 seconds
> to connect, realize that there is no mail and disconnect.) I also
> noticed that popper is taking up 32% of the CPU time!
>
> What can I do to speed things up?
You've got the option in you pop3 client set to leave messages on the
server, so when it tries to check mail popper loads the entire mail
file in (which starts getting slow at aobut 1200 messages) - to
blank the file just rm it (/var/mail/{username}).
L8rz
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