Re: [gentoo-server] Comments on IMAP Server (cyrus/courier/dovecot)

[Jonathan Nichols <jnichols@pbp.net>]

> Indeed - this is why you can't really compare your experience with the once I 
> posted. He may well have been using rubbish hardware - but even if he wasn't, 
> the case remains this shows a vast improvement from cyrus over courier using 
> the same hardware.
> 

I can! My mail server is a piece of crap! :) (Athlon t-bird, 1ghz, 512mb 
RAM, 60gb 7200rpm IDE disk)

I'm using courier on it, and the box was seeing 3000-5000 messages a day 
(mostly spam, thanks to a user that insisted on using wildcard email 
addresses.. bleah) and was doing ok.
I have several folders that each have over 10,000 messages and the 
respond just fine with courier.

Squirrelmail can get through them ok too. the turck-mmcache 
(e-accelerator now) helped out quite a bit.

Overall, I'd say that it depends on your situation and mail volume. I 
have been very happy with courier. It's been stable and has never given 
me any trouble.
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