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Previously, the main FAS Unix cluster handled all secure telnet/Pine sessions, all POP/IMAP sesssions and all Webmail traffic...
...When you’re using a program like Pine or Eudora, your personal computer does much of the work, and Harvard’s systems just forward mail to your PC. With Webmail, on the other hand, the servers have a great deal more to do in processing and handling messages,” he said...
...move will improve the speed of all three services, with Webmail considerably faster by September, if not sooner, according to Davis...
...Webmail was originally slow because it is “more resource-intensive,” Davis said...
Computer services are also adding more storage units. Reading, delivering and deleting email messages is a resource intensive process which slows down mail access for both Webmail, and for Pine and Eudora users...