Apple’s upcoming release of OS X “Snow Leopard” has performance enhancements across the board for desktop users. Snow Leopard promises a more complete transition to 64 bit plus the ability to use graphics chips for traditional CPU operations. However, the server version of Snow Leopard also looks to provide huge performance gains and optimizations. Email, that basic service that every real server needs to offer, gets a huge leg up in Snow Leopard courtesy of a little open source project called Dovecot. Read the rest of this entry »