Re: experiences with caching

[Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@esys.ca>]

On 14 Aug 1998 16:38:15 +0200 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se> wrote:

> If you have a very slow IMAP server (my server is behind a 256kbps
> connection, so it's pretty slow already) or a faster file system (AFS
> doesn't really mix well with nnml, which the gnus-cache uses) you
> might gain more by this than I did.

Umm ... in the context of IMAP, 256 kb/s is *blindingly* fast. A "slow" link 
is anything under 20 kb/s or so. Caching (and disconnected operation) don't 
buy you much unless a) your link is slow and b) you are selective about downloading 
large attachments. On a DS0 or better you just aren't going to see the 
effects of caching (in normal operation).

As Mark Crispin has said many times: "IMAP client developers should do all 
their testing over 2400 baud connections."  Believe him :-)

--lyndon

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