[tpop3d-discuss]performance/max connection

[Marcin Sochacki]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 03:19:47PM +0100, Wiktor Zgodziński wrote:
> Since I add one big customer, performance of my  server goes down.
> There is nothing in logs files. But when i put netstat -nta | grep
> :110 i see may connections to pop3d demon from the same IP addres,
> 
> It seams that some users set theirs pop3 client to chceck mailboxes
> very very often.

1) Talk to the client and try to convince them to increase the delay
   between logins.
2) If they leave messages on the server (big mailbox), try to convince
   them to delete messages after downloading.
3) If you are using BSD mailboxes, consider migrating to maildir format.

Marcin