Re: [Hastymail-devel] status update

[Jonathan A. <ja...@ce...>]

Hello Jason,
On Thursday, April 03, 2003, Jason Munro wrote...

> Because a lot of IMAP server dont support the SORT command I added a
> client side sort option to the config file, allowing only a sort by
> date (forward or reverse). pretty lame but its a start.

Excellent stuff.

> In the last few days I have tested many IMAP servers so here is a summary
> of the results:

> dovecot          pretty cool server. supports SORT, easy to install. kind
> of thin on
>                        the docs but still not too hard to figure out. most
> importantly,
>                        hastymail works nicely.

Erm... maybe a review of the wrapping?  That kind of looks... awful?
;)

> communigate   kinda  weird all around. web configuration interface for
>                         everything. No SORT, but hastymail works

Heard some mixed reviews on that... generally on the bad side.

> cyrus
>      The install/config is as difficult if not more difficult than any
>      other server but somethings are worth the time :) Has SORT extension
>      and every other extension you can think of :)

I've heard once it's going it's an excellent server... it's just
getting there ;)

> uw
>      Easy install. easy ssl setup (thanks to debian). This is my main
>      test server, so yea, everything works.

Slow on large folders though, and in general 'unsafe' when working
with large $HOME directories without tweaking the installation of UW.

> courier
>      Fast, lots of config options. Its what I use for a production setup
>      where speed and reliablity count and it has not let me down. Also a
>      primary test server so hm works perfectly.

ssl is easy to setup on that too... modify one config... run a
program... tada ;)

> Lastly I have been doing lots of heavy load testing with hastymail and
> courier and have been very happy with the results. My lkml folder is at
> 7000+ and opens as fast as a folder with 100. The message controls are now
> able to handle moving/deleting/copying/etc 10,000 messages at a time when
> using the 'whole folder' option without extending past the default PHP
> memory limit (2 mg?) or the default script time out ( 30 sec). pretty cool!

Very nice stuff... should be happy dealing with my mail folders ;)

-- 
Jonathan Angliss
(ja...@ce...)