On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So sprach Not Zed am 2002-06-13 um 21:50:06 +0930 :
> > them away and rely on the summary content, or store them some other,
> > more efficient way (like a null mbox).
>
> Hm, wouldn't a null "Maildir" be even more efficient (at least on some
> filesystems - but then again, mbox is not always faster as a Maildir).
In this case - no. The problem is lots of small files which are
inefficient for most filesystems, and mailir wouldn;t help this at all.
> > There are also some overheads in evolution not related to imap at all,
> > but the displaying of the list of messages, which start to impact more
> > once you get above a few thousand messages. We're looking at addressing
> > these issues too, but they probably dont rate very highly in your
> > timings anyway.
>
> Yes, that's right. After Evo has finished loading the folder, there's a
> short delay. But taken the other huge delays, I don't care much at all
> about this delay.
*nod*
> > mailing list' continues to work usefully, its still not going to be as
> > fast as mutt, although it should be faster than currently.
>
> Well, if you could get it to be at least as fast as Mozilla is (in terms
> of reading a folder), then it would be good.
Well, we're working on it, but it might take a whiel to realise it.
> > Might have to make it an option so users can decide what is more
> > important to them - speed or features.
>
> Yes, that's very important. The way it is now, Evo just isn't usable
> for me over IMAP :(
I found it very unusable over a remote link myself :( We'll try to
address it, but it might take a while, its not a trivial job to get it
right.
> Alexander Skwar
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