Re: [courier-users] IMAP server & TTL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa Muir
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:14 AM

> Read on another list where a user was trying to change the
> TTL of packets on an IMAP server from 56 to 247.
>
> Is there any actual benefit to doing this for the IMAP protocol?

Err... TTL limits the number of (visible) hops between a client and a
server, as I recall anyway!

So changing the number changes the number of hops you can be away from the
server, no matter what the protocol.

Realistically, 56 (if that is the number) is pretty high anyway. And in my
experience I rarely see more than about half that (with traceroute/tracert)
before the latencies become horrible.

So, to summarize, as I see it, no, there's no real IMAP-specific benefit,
and if you're regularly more than 56 hops away from your server, other
solutions may be more useful (e.g. a VPN will reduce all those hops to just
one to the VPN gateway, and typically one or two more to the server).

> Lisa.

Malc.


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