Re: handling very large mailboxes
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- Subject: Re: handling very large mailboxes
- From: Daryl Styrk <darylstyrk@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 10:07:14 -0400
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On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 09:51:16AM -0400, James wrote:
> All,
>
> I use procmail + mutt and am running into a problem that is limiting
> my usage of mutt. Currently procmail sorts some very high volume
> mailing lists into specific folders (mbox format). I'm using mutt as
> an IMAP client and when I add these mailboxes to my .muttrc file, mutt
> sometimes takes 5 to 10 minutes to fully load and sort all the
> messages.
>
> Worse, when the timer expires and mutt begins checking mailboxes for
> new messages, the client freezes until the check is done.
>
> Is there a way to "thread" or "background" the mail checking process
> in mutt so that I don't have to deal with this problem? I could use a
> third-party IMAP new mail checker, such as gbuffy, but I'd prefer to
> use mutt if possible.
>
> Thoughts? Ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> -j
Isn't mutt compressing the headers? I would suggest to POP it and deal
with those large list locally. I know there is a very noticeable difference
in opening the Debian-users list mailbox now that I've left IMAP for POP.
at about ~7000 mails mutt would take 2-3 seconds to open fetch and sort
the mailbox while using IMAP.. It's nearly instant now with mail kept
locally.
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Daryl Styrk
Naples, FL USA
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