Tell me more ×  I'm looking for an imap server that is fast with
larger folders. Say 20'000-100'000 emails per folder.  Currently
I'm using dovecot, and opening a folder can take 10 seconds, and
the HD light on the imap server is brinking like crazy.  I'm
using alpine as a client, and it only lists the newest mails by
default, so it's not that my client is trying to transfer
everything when opening the mailbox. This can be seen in that
when I scroll it has to load the subject lines for the next page
(the first time I scroll there).  I'm using maildir on XFS.
Edit: I ask since it's not much data, in the grand scheme of
things. If this was in a SQL database then getting the subject
lines of the newest 40 messages would not take 10 seconds for a
folder of 40'000 emails. The only data needed is:  SELECT date,
from, subject FROM emails ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 40;  Any
ideas?  share|improve this question I would suggest splitting
these folders up. It will be nicer for the user and for the
server. –  alex Nov 26 '