on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, Ross Boylan (RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org) wrote:
> I am currently using mutt, but many of my folders are getting very
> big, and I'm getting annoyed by the length of time it takes to switch
> between them.
What mailbox format are you using? Default is 'mbox'. Alternatives
include maildir MMDF, and MH. The real issue is the scan-and-sort that
mutt does when it opens a mailbox. There are patches to create index
files, posted here recently.
How big are your mailboxes? I find my wait threshold starts to get
tripped at ~500-1000 items, which most of my mailboxes hit quickly ;-)
> Other than cleaning up, are there other approaches that people can
> suggest for handling this? I think I want my mail kept in a database.
I think not.
> I see gmail does this, but development on it has stopped, with the
> author mentioning evolution as a good alternative.
>
> I also note that kmail is popular, but as far as I can tell it would
> suffer the same speed problems as mutt.
Depends. If it indexes its mailboxes (and many GUI mail clients do),
probably not.
Peace.
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