Re: Counting POP3 vs Client Users

[Walter Scanlan <wscanlan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah yes. 

Rules of thumb

A Pop3 user (polling every 15 minutes) is 3 times the weight of a Notes 
user. 
                Why so heavy?
                        Every message must be converted from NRPC to MIME 
to be processed by the end user.
                Can this be improved?
                        Why yes, If you convert the mail file using the -H 
parameter
                        AND update the person document to prefers mime 
format
                                The cost of a POP3 user is about 2x a 
Notes user. 


If you have crazy users that poll every minute (trust me you do, even if 
you don't know it)....
                Those users are 30-45 notes users....... 


I hope this helps.

 
Walter Scanlan 
Senior Software Engineer
WPLC products for System i
507-286-6088
Cell: 507-990-4539
wscanlan@xxxxxxxxxx





From:
kirkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:
domino400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:
02/19/2008 09:45 AM
Subject:
Counting POP3 vs Client Users



Looking for a guide line on how many POP3 users equal a Notes Client user 
or the other way around... So if I have a system rated say at 8200 MCU how 

many POP3 users will that same system support only using POP3 access?

Thanks