Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:43:01 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "David Banning" <david+dated+1205786958.5801e4@skytracker.ca>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: email pop3 question Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCOEHMCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20080312204917.GA69118@skytracker.ca>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of David Banning > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:49 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: email pop3 question > > > I am using dovecot email on my server - Users can connect via > IMAP or POP3. > > I have a user who is using pop3 but not removing the email from the > server - so the email stays on the server, -and- it is collecting on their > computer - as the emails build up, will there be a problem with this? > > For IMAP it stays on the server, so I assume the server will not > be presented > with any problem - but will the user suffer any problem eventually? It depends on a lot of variables. For example, I have a 64-bit mailserver running uw-imapd. I have a 500MB mailbox with around 16,000 e-mail messages in it. When I connect with Outlook, it takes about a minute for the server and client to sync with each other. Beyond that, it's not even noticable. However, some of the webmail clients do have a lot of problems with this large of a mailbox. With POP3 you start having problems with more than a couple hundred messages in the inbox. Ted
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