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<DIV>Not that it matters, but your account is actually @umn.edu now. NTS
migrated off the @tc... about a year ago.</DIV>
<DIV></nitpick></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>btw, hi to everyone, new to the list, etc. etc.</DIV>
<DIV>-John</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>>>> mitc0185@tc.umn.edu 08/07/02 10:36PM
>>><BR>Ok, perhaps I can shed a little more light on my situation.
<BR><BR>My mail account is @tc.umn.edu, so maybe someone has some familiarity
with the way they do things. <BR><BR>Here's an idea: I could set up fetchmail on
my box and get everything from tc.umn.edu via POP3. I could then run imap
service from this box so I can see my email from work. I wouldn't have to worry
about disk space (except for my own, of which there's plenty) either.
<BR><BR>Eh? <BR><BR>EM <BR><BR><BR>On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 09:55, Thomas T.
Veldhouse wrote: </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE><PRE><FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>Uhm -- I believe MBX is mailbox format and that is the problem this guy is</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>having. It does not support concurrent access because imapd is started via</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>inetd for each access. Courier runs as a daemon and can handle any number</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>of connections (more or less). As far as inodes go, it is up to the admin</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>to setup the filesystem to handle that. You could use a different</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>filesystem or perhaps format the partition with lots of inodes. I can say</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>that I have had no trouble with inodes. All my mail drops into Maildir on</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>my /home partition and it works great. I set quotas accordingly. Visi.com</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>runs Courier IMAP on their primary mail cluster without trouble or incident.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>Tom Veldhouse</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>----- Original Message -----</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>From: "Scott Dier" <dieman@ringworld.org></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:09 AM</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>Subject: [TCLUG] Re: Concurrent clients and IMAP</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 07:33, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> > Try converting to Maildir format from mbox. In other words, cease using</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> > Washington University wu-imap and instead use Courier. This runs as a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> > daemon and will handle multiple connections to the same mailbox at the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>same</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> > time. It also has its own POP3 daemon if you want to enable it.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> Or, stop wasting your inodes and use MBX[*] with uw-imapd. I only use</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> Maildir on the client side because offlineimap forces me to. I should</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> look into running a local imapd instance and port offlineimap to talk</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> MBX too. Maildir sucks. Slow. MUA's don't act the same compared to</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> mbox or imap. Eats inodes.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> [*] Offer not valid on NFS.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> --</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT color=#737373><FONT size=3><I>> Scott Dier <dieman@ringworld.org> http://www.ringworld.org/</FONT></FONT></I>
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