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Message-ID: <007001c2df1a$f7f186e0$0a08a8c0@io>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:17:23 +0100
From: "Jakob Hirsch" <jh@...nk.de>
To: <popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: Mailbox Size Limit
> ....This is what I've read about the shortcomings of the mbox
> format....
and it's all true. additionally, a pop3-server has to read the complete
mailbox-file when the user is logging in, so some clients may experience
timeouts if your machine is slow or has high load. Some use a sort of
caching, but that solves the problem only partly.
> But, why should -i- have to change this?
Because -you- want the improvements.
> (And, if you don't mind me asking, how do).
Depends on the software you use.
With sendmail, I think you have to read the procmail manpage.
With Exim (and postfix AFAIK) it's just a config option.
With popa3d there is a patch for 0.5.9.
> Why isn't it used by default?
Why is sendmail used by default? Why bind? Why UW-IMAP or qpopper?
People tend to use what everybode else uses and what they used before.
Bye, Jakob
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