Preferpoll Option

Introduced in release: 7.0.5

Updated in release: 8.0.1

To improve performance, the IMAP and MMP servers use Solaris Event Completion Ports on Solaris instead of the poll system call starting with the Messaging Server 7.0.5 release. Since the Messaging Server 8.0.1 release, the servers use epoll on Linux instead of the poll system call. Setting the   option (available at base and MMP level) to   will revert to use of the standard Posix poll API instead. When  is set to , then the polldelay option also applies.

The default value is: 0

Use with base


See also:
 * polldelay Option
 * Base options

Use with the MMP


See also:
 * polldelay Option
 * MMP and IMAP Proxy and POP Proxy and vdomain options

See also:
 * polldelay Option
 * Base options
 * MMP and IMAP Proxy and POP Proxy and vdomain options