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MBOX-Line: From lyndon at orthanc.ca Mon Mar 9 18:55:45 2015
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:54 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] If Crispin were creating IMAP today how would
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it be different?
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In-Reply-To: <CAP1qinY-d_fpmfwJ=04GUZhAnkZpPxzwMGfVdn8--4z=tJT5_w@mail.gmail.com>
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References: <54FAEB94.4070508@lavabitllc.com> <54FBF289.3010202@psaux.com>
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<7164.1425831184@parc.com>
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<1425907661.1215497.237833469.1EDA571D@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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<6506.1425915329@parc.com>
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<B03452330F6149E180E449A493F28C2B@gmail.com>
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<CAP1qinZdV1LW6XiWfqfk2A+TC6HsYsAWtT-KSffTNdOFqG_Tjw@mail.gmail.com>
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<7782A916-12BB-488C-BD57-697FDB5D47E2@orthanc.ca>
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<CAP1qinY-d_fpmfwJ=04GUZhAnkZpPxzwMGfVdn8--4z=tJT5_w@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <0C18524D-28EC-4DF9-A888-678E7DD4E56A@orthanc.ca>
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On Mar 9, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Imants Cekusins <imantc@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Simply from pragmatic point of view: if these tasks need not to be
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> done, server is less busy and can process higher throughput.
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The micro-optimization fallacy.
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Before you dive in to this too far, spend a bit of time reading the papers Rob Pike and Brian Kernighan have published over the years.
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Also, consider the latency of a network connection vs. the speed of the CPUs processing the data travelling to/from them. Is the CPU you are using to parse your IMAP/SMTP stream so slow that it cannot do a 'c = tolower(getchar())' in real time? Is it slower than your network link? Even my ancient pre-Android phone can keep up with that. Let alone the group of mail servers I run that manage to push through several hundred messages a second.
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--lyndon
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