Re: mutt - slow mbox'es

[Thomas Glanzmann <sithglan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

> Please explain why ext3 would be preferred over ext2 for "speed".

        The ext3 filesystem has gained indexed directory support, which offers
        considerable performance gains when used on filesystems with directories
        containing large numbers of files.  In order to use the htree feature, 
you need
        at least version 1.32 of e2fsprogs.  Existing filesystems can be 
converted
        using the command tune2fs -O dir_index /dev/hdXXX The latest e2fsprogs 
can be
        found at http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs

see also. http://www.advogato.org/person/scandal/

Honestly,
        Thomas