[Dovecot] TLS / SSL login with Thunderbird very slow ?

[Charles Marcus]

On 1/24/2009 2:58 PM, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
> true, but if Marko's Thunderbird is configured to save sent messages on
> the IMAP server, the sending process will complete, from the client
> point of view, when the message has been stored on the IMAP server. So
> the change in Dovecot might cause a perceived slowdown.

He didn't say anything about saving to Sent folder, he said "it takes up
to ~10 secs for TBird to LOGIN and send"... TBird saves to sent folder
AFTER it send the message.

> Also, with other IMAP server (no idea if this applies to Dovecot) you
> could even have the sending process start by copying the message in a
> particular outbox without direct interaction between the MUA and the
> SMTP server.

This only applies to IMAP servers that have also an SMTP component, like
courier - but these components are separate.

As Matthias said, dovecot is NOT an smtp server and has nothing to do
with the sending process (except for use of dovecot_sasl if it is used)...

This is not a dovecot problem...

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Best regards,

Charles