Slow local network performance for image attachments

[Lars Kristiansen]

Jeff Larsen skrev:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Rob Mueller <robm at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>> Squirrelmail on localhost:. very fast, in the blink of an eye,
>>  > likewise with Outlook Express (perish the thought).
>>  >
>>  > So I guess it's Thunderbird. That sucks. I guess I'll take this to a
>>  > Thunderbird forum. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Some
>>  > days after troubleshooting everyone else's computer problems, there's
>>  > nothing left in the tank for my own...
>>
>>  These are a little old, but it's possible they still apply. The default
>>  settings for Thunderbird IMAP handling with large emails with attachments
>>  sucks... badly.
>>
>>  http://bleedingedge.com.au/blog/archives/2005/11/waiting_for_thunderbird.html
>>  http://bleedingedge.com.au/blog/archives/2005/11/speeding_thunderbird.html
>>  http://bleedingedge.com.au/blog/archives/2005/11/making_thunderbird_fly.html
> 
> The third link above was most to the point. Thank you. Thunderbird is
> a little better now, but I guess the simple solution (more of a
> workaround, really) is to use the 'offline' settings to avoid the
> crappy download performance.
> 

Stumbled upon this, maybe relevant:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl

-- 
Regards, Lars