Re: Thunderbird

[Keith Carpenter <entropypool@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Klement wrote:

> I do sometimes have trouble with my IMAP server's performance, but part 
> of that is it's running on a Unix system and using the traditional Unix 
> "mbox" format for e-mail.  I've converted some folders to mbx, and they 
> seem a little better.  I've played a little bit with MIX format, but I'm 
> waiting for the MIX related tools to mature a bit more.  (The other 
> option is Maildir, which would work better than mbox as well, but not as 
> well as MIX, so I'm waiting for MIX).   But, anyway, since GMail is 
> running the mail server, you don't have to worry about the mailbox 
> format in your scenario.

You must be using the UW IMAP server. MIX sounds like an improvement
over the single file approach.  Apparently Dovecot supports a similar
format called dbox.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat

My web host offers Courier IMAP (maildir) for email access. I haven't 
left a lot of mail on their server to be able to get a good gauge on 
large folder performance, but it usually seems faster than GMail's IMAP 
server.  Not a very objective comparison, but given that GMail is a free
service, I'm not complaining.


Keith