I don't use it so much to decrease the size of the database, but against the chance that the DB vacuum code might have a "holy crap" moment encountering an undiagnosed database inconsistency (and maybe even repairing it).
> On Oct 15, 2017, at 10:52 AM, @lbutlr <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 14 Oct 2017, at 18:09, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: >> This may be voodoo, but consider vacuuming your mailbox: >> >> http://brettterpstra.com/2015/10/27/vacuuming-mail-dot-app-on-el-capitan/ > > Wow. I am really surprised to see that from Brett. The sqlite vacuum command > was a trick from long long ago the sometimes helped mail issues, but Mail > automatically vacuums the database, so that trick is simply not needed. You > will only see tiny changes in the size of the DB, if any. It used to be you > could see reduction well over 50% in the size of the Envelope Index, and that > just doesn’t happen any more. > > Ah, looking at the page I see he is simply sharing an updated script, not > claiming that the trick is still relevant. > > -- > Apple broke AppleScripting signatures in Mail.app, so no random signatures. > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
