[BlueOnyx:24791] IMAP resources

[Roy Urick]

Oddball question that isnt directly BO related, but figured somebody 
here would know the answer.

Is there any performance difference on the server side between moving 
messages to trash and flat out deleting them via an IMAP connection? If 
so which is easier on the server? Or is there even a performance 
difference?

I'm dealing with a legacy mail provider that for the last several years 
has had performance issues with IMAP clients. Attempts to clean up 
messages via manually run filters results in server timeouts, and the 
mail client disconnects. (and then most of the deleted messages come 
back) And by legacy, I mean they are no longer actively selling new 
service, and only maintaining their current customer base. Its not part 
of their core operations any more, just RMR.

Before, I would reach out to support and they would tweak things and it 
would start working again. This time support said "Just use the webmail 
interface" (which REALLY sucks) and refused to address the real issue.  
So it appears that they are no longer supporting IMAP. (if it works for 
you, great. If not, we dont care.)

So Ive already reduced Thunderbird's connections down to a single 
connection to throttle it down as much as possible, but the server still 
overloads and times out. I'm trying to put as little load on the server 
as possible to make it work without causing a disconnect.

I'd love to ditch these guys tomorrow, but when you've had the same 
email address for 20+ years, it takes a while to update all of your 
other accounts that rely on that address. Just trying to buy myself time 
as I migrate everything away to my own domain.


Thanks.