is dovecot really better than uw-imapd?

[Marc Lucke]

Marc Lucke wrote:

> I'd like to query whether most agree that dovecot is better than 
> uw-imapd & whether it is going to remain a part of the Fedora/Redhat 
> projects and is therefore worthwhile sticking with?  I say this 
> because I am seriously considering going back to uw-imapd.  I think 
> dovecot is much slower - & without apparent reason - on 2 systems that 
> I have changed over (one an older machine running FC1 and another a 
> newer system with FC2) that ran uw-imapd a lot faster.  Also I keep 
> getting a really irritating "invalid mask" error that I never got with 
> uw-imapd.
>
> I'm doing more research before throwing the bath water out with the baby.
>
> I've heard positive stuff on this list about dovecot - has anyone else 
> had my sort of problems?  Anyone fixed them?
>
> Oh - I do access the email via from multiple machines Squirrel-mail, 
> Thunderbird & sometimes my collegue will also go in & have a look so 
> simultaneous access is possible.  I know that dovecot is not designed 
> to share the mailbox (or Linux isn't - whatever) but uw-imapd never 
> seemed to have a problem.
>
>
> Marc
>
>
Isn't it ironic that after having sent this I upgraded dovecot and 
restarted it and now it is a lot faster?  Sheesh.  Jury is out now - 
I'll see what the new version does.

I answer all my other email on top of the quoted message I am replying 
to because this seems to be the standard way to do things in the 
business world.  Indeed I like it because you can read answers straight 
up without having to scroll.  So why does everyone on this list still 
append their contirbution?  Anyone know?  I find it a bit annoying.


Marc