on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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. -- Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? zIWETHEY: Provocative, super smart, and oh yeah, just a little sexy. http://z.iwethey.org/forums/
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