[Tfug] Which EMail reader for BIG volumes of mail?

[Ryan Cresawn]

I completely agree and recommend Dovecot with Maildir.

Ryan

On Thursday, April 9, 2009, Dean Jones <dean.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff Breadner wrote:
>> Jim March wrote:
>>> When I mean "big", I mean out past 2gig in a matter of a few days.  I
>>> have somebody who wants to convert who is likely THE biggest EMail
>>> volume user that anybody's ever seen.  And somebody literally famous
>>> enough that if she jumps to Linux, the news will make Digg and Reddit
>>> in a matter of days.
>>>
>>> She also need to deal with multiple accounts.  She's on Outlook now.
>>> I'll almost certainly be her them to Ubuntu Intrepid, although Jaunty
>>> in beta is looking SO good right now...
>>>
>>> Anyways.  Suggestions welcome.  I know for a fact she'll overload
>>> Thunderbird if we try that!  Would the latest Evolution work, or
>>> should I be thinking of a text-based reader, or...???
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I use thunderbird to point to multiple IMAP clients, each of which has a
>> gig or better of email.  If the remote side is fast enough, it takes the
>> load off the local side.  The biggest issue is keeping the accounts
>> straight when sending a new mail (it defaults to use whatever account
>> you currently have highlighted) but there's plugins that can manage this
>> a bit better.
>>
>> cheers
>>   JB
>>
>
> I also use Thunderbird for multiple accounts and large volumes of email.
>
> I have found that the server matters a LOT regarding TB performance.
> Servers using Maildir and modern (not UW imap) imap servers zip along
> amazingly fast even doing searches of very large folders.
>
> Mbox on the other hand ends up causing issues where Tbird can get out of
> sync on particular folders and also causes noticable delays as the
> server is reading in large files.
>
> I do now know what Gmail uses, but remote IMAP to them has been slow and
> spotty lately as well which seems to piss off tbird.
>
> I guess what i'm getting at is that most people end up blaming their
> mail client when often the problem lies at the server end.
>
> Anyway when I last managed windows boxes, Outlook would have trouble
> with that volume of email per day if not managed very specifically so
> this user must be doing some serious mail management!
>
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