Re: [PATCH] Port MH/Maildir to new progress updating

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Port MH/Maildir to new progress updating
From: Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:02:32 +0100
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On 2006-11-17 11:57:39 -0800, William Yardley wrote:

> On a related note, does anyone know why with Maildir, mutt seems
> to start counting, then start over again when opening a large
> mailbox? It doesn't seem to do this with mbox.

Maildirs are read in two passes, mbox is read in one.

Reason is that, with maildirs, flags are encoded into file names, so
in order to understand the changes made to a maildir, mutt needs to
know what files are present.

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Thomas Roessler   <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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