Bandwidth overusage

I'm currently using version 1.7.1, checking 10 e-mail
accounts every 5
minutes with very little bandwidth or CPU overhead.

One difference is that I don't leave copies of the e-mail on
the server.

I'd suggest you clear out the inbox and see how that
performs.

Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Alsdorf [mailto:bryanmysql.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:15 PM
To: Andrew Hankinson
Cc: eventum-userslists.mysql.com
Subject: Re: Bandwidth overusage

Hi Andrew,

Andrew Hankinson wrote:
> Hi Brian, Kipp et al,
> 
> I've narrowed down the culprit - it was the
download_emails cron job.

> After disabling that (and not the process_mail_queue),
my usage has 
> gone down.  However, I still don't understand why. 
Here's my best
guess:
> 
> I have it set up to check one e-mail account every 10
minutes. I have 
> checked "leave a copy of Messages on server"
in the e-mail 
> configuration, so maybe the system is downloading all
the e-mails that

> are in the box - not just the new ones?

Well eventum has to download atleast the headers to see if
the message
has been read or not. The PHP mail library might go ahead
download the
whole message (which is silly, but the PHP imap extension is
not the
worlds best piece of code). I have thought about replacing
it with
http://pear.php.
net/package/Net_IMAP but have not had time to benchmark
them.

> 
> Since the box hosting the mail server and the box
hosting eventum are 
> the same, that would account for the correlating upload
and download
rates.

As a temporary solution, since the mail and web server are
on the same
machine, can you specify "localhost" as the host
name? This might avoid
using "real" bandwidth. I would also try
unchecking "leave a copy of the
messages on the server". If you want to keep them in a
mailbox (for use
by other programs or for backup) I would have your one alias
(i.e. 
supportexample.com) point to 2 mailboxes (support_eventum
and
support_other for example) if you can.

Best Regards,
/bryan

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I've set up e-mail forwarding to another address, of which
eventum is  
the only user, so I have unchecked 'leave a copy.'  Of
course, since  
it's an empty mailbox, it may take a week or so to know if
I've  
actually fixed anything.

Thanks for all your help.

Andrew

On 26-Sep-06, at 12:21 PM, Stephen Allen wrote:

> I'm currently using version 1.7.1, checking 10 e-mail
accounts every 5
> minutes with very little bandwidth or CPU overhead.
>
> One difference is that I don't leave copies of the
e-mail on the  
> server.
>
> I'd suggest you clear out the inbox and see how that
performs.
>
> Stephen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Alsdorf [mailto:bryanmysql.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:15 PM
> To: Andrew Hankinson
> Cc: eventum-userslists.mysql.com
> Subject: Re: Bandwidth overusage
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Andrew Hankinson wrote:
>> Hi Brian, Kipp et al,
>>
>> I've narrowed down the culprit - it was the
download_emails cron job.
>
>> After disabling that (and not the
process_mail_queue), my usage has
>> gone down.  However, I still don't understand why. 
Here's my best
> guess:
>>
>> I have it set up to check one e-mail account every
10 minutes. I have
>> checked "leave a copy of Messages on
server" in the e-mail
>> configuration, so maybe the system is downloading
all the e-mails  
>> that
>
>> are in the box - not just the new ones?
>
> Well eventum has to download atleast the headers to see
if the message
> has been read or not. The PHP mail library might go
ahead download the
> whole message (which is silly, but the PHP imap
extension is not the
> worlds best piece of code). I have thought about
replacing it with
> http://pear.php.
net/package/Net_IMAP but have not had time to  
> benchmark
> them.
>
>>
>> Since the box hosting the mail server and the box
hosting eventum are
>> the same, that would account for the correlating
upload and download
> rates.
>
> As a temporary solution, since the mail and web server
are on the same
> machine, can you specify "localhost" as the
host name? This might  
> avoid
> using "real" bandwidth. I would also try
unchecking "leave a copy  
> of the
> messages on the server". If you want to keep them
in a mailbox (for  
> use
> by other programs or for backup) I would have your one
alias (i.e.
> supportexample.com) point to 2 mailboxes (support_eventum
and
> support_other for example) if you can.
>
> Best Regards,
> /bryan
>
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Hi folks,

I thought I would post a follow-up on the bandwidth
over-usage issue  
I was having earlier.  After I unchecked "leave a
copy" on the server  
and moved mail checking to another inbox, I haven't had any
issues  
with Eventum eating up scads and scads of bandwidth.  So, I
guess  
there is an issue where Eventum will not mark e-mail as
'read' and  
will download all e-mail in the mailbox every time it
connects, if it  
has 'leave a copy on the server' checked.

Hope this is useful.

Andrew

On 26-Sep-06, at 12:38 PM, Andrew Hankinson wrote:

> I've set up e-mail forwarding to another address, of
which eventum  
> is the only user, so I have unchecked 'leave a copy.' 
Of course,  
> since it's an empty mailbox, it may take a week or so
to know if  
> I've actually fixed anything.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Andrew
>
> On 26-Sep-06, at 12:21 PM, Stephen Allen wrote:
>
>> I'm currently using version 1.7.1, checking 10
e-mail accounts  
>> every 5
>> minutes with very little bandwidth or CPU overhead.
>>
>> One difference is that I don't leave copies of the
e-mail on the  
>> server.
>>
>> I'd suggest you clear out the inbox and see how
that performs.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryan Alsdorf [mailto:bryanmysql.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:15 PM
>> To: Andrew Hankinson
>> Cc: eventum-userslists.mysql.com
>> Subject: Re: Bandwidth overusage
>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> Andrew Hankinson wrote:
>>> Hi Brian, Kipp et al,
>>>
>>> I've narrowed down the culprit - it was the
download_emails cron  
>>> job.
>>
>>> After disabling that (and not the
process_mail_queue), my usage has
>>> gone down.  However, I still don't understand
why.  Here's my best
>> guess:
>>>
>>> I have it set up to check one e-mail account
every 10 minutes. I  
>>> have
>>> checked "leave a copy of Messages on
server" in the e-mail
>>> configuration, so maybe the system is
downloading all the e-mails  
>>> that
>>
>>> are in the box - not just the new ones?
>>
>> Well eventum has to download atleast the headers to
see if the  
>> message
>> has been read or not. The PHP mail library might go
ahead download  
>> the
>> whole message (which is silly, but the PHP imap
extension is not the
>> worlds best piece of code). I have thought about
replacing it with
>> http://pear.php.
net/package/Net_IMAP but have not had time to  
>> benchmark
>> them.
>>
>>>
>>> Since the box hosting the mail server and the
box hosting eventum  
>>> are
>>> the same, that would account for the
correlating upload and download
>> rates.
>>
>> As a temporary solution, since the mail and web
server are on the  
>> same
>> machine, can you specify "localhost" as
the host name? This might  
>> avoid
>> using "real" bandwidth. I would also try
unchecking "leave a copy  
>> of the
>> messages on the server". If you want to keep
them in a mailbox  
>> (for use
>> by other programs or for backup) I would have your
one alias (i.e.
>> supportexample.com) point to 2 mailboxes
(support_eventum and
>> support_other for example) if you can.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> /bryan
>>
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Hi folks,

I thought I would post a follow-up on the bandwidth
over-usage issue  
I was having earlier.  After I unchecked "leave a
copy" on the server  
and moved mail checking to another inbox, I haven't had any
issues  
with Eventum eating up scads and scads of bandwidth.  So, I
guess  
there is an issue where Eventum will not mark e-mail as
'read' and  
will download all e-mail in the mailbox every time it
connects, if it  
has 'leave a copy on the server' checked.

Hope this is useful.

Andrew

On 26-Sep-06, at 12:38 PM, Andrew Hankinson wrote:

> I've set up e-mail forwarding to another address, of
which eventum  
> is the only user, so I have unchecked 'leave a copy.' 
Of course,  
> since it's an empty mailbox, it may take a week or so
to know if  
> I've actually fixed anything.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Andrew
>
> On 26-Sep-06, at 12:21 PM, Stephen Allen wrote:
>
>> I'm currently using version 1.7.1, checking 10
e-mail accounts  
>> every 5
>> minutes with very little bandwidth or CPU overhead.
>>
>> One difference is that I don't leave copies of the
e-mail on the  
>> server.
>>
>> I'd suggest you clear out the inbox and see how
that performs.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryan Alsdorf [mailto:bryanmysql.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:15 PM
>> To: Andrew Hankinson
>> Cc: eventum-userslists.mysql.com
>> Subject: Re: Bandwidth overusage
>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> Andrew Hankinson wrote:
>>> Hi Brian, Kipp et al,
>>>
>>> I've narrowed down the culprit - it was the
download_emails cron  
>>> job.
>>
>>> After disabling that (and not the
process_mail_queue), my usage has
>>> gone down.  However, I still don't understand
why.  Here's my best
>> guess:
>>>
>>> I have it set up to check one e-mail account
every 10 minutes. I  
>>> have
>>> checked "leave a copy of Messages on
server" in the e-mail
>>> configuration, so maybe the system is
downloading all the e-mails  
>>> that
>>
>>> are in the box - not just the new ones?
>>
>> Well eventum has to download atleast the headers to
see if the  
>> message
>> has been read or not. The PHP mail library might go
ahead download  
>> the
>> whole message (which is silly, but the PHP imap
extension is not the
>> worlds best piece of code). I have thought about
replacing it with
>> http://pear.php.
net/package/Net_IMAP but have not had time to  
>> benchmark
>> them.
>>
>>>
>>> Since the box hosting the mail server and the
box hosting eventum  
>>> are
>>> the same, that would account for the
correlating upload and download
>> rates.
>>
>> As a temporary solution, since the mail and web
server are on the  
>> same
>> machine, can you specify "localhost" as
the host name? This might  
>> avoid
>> using "real" bandwidth. I would also try
unchecking "leave a copy  
>> of the
>> messages on the server". If you want to keep
them in a mailbox  
>> (for use
>> by other programs or for backup) I would have your
one alias (i.e.
>> supportexample.com) point to 2 mailboxes
(support_eventum and
>> support_other for example) if you can.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> /bryan
>>
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>>
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