I run 100k messages on a two year-old MBA Core2Duo without any trouble. David.
-- On Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 22:29, CSS wrote: > Hello, > > The announcement of the new beta today reminded me of why I joined the list… > > I went through the trial period, and I was very happy with MailMate in > general. The interface and features are pretty much exactly what I was > looking for in my quest for the perfect OS-X mail client (currently back on > Mail.app, previously tried Postbox and Thunderbird). > > That said, I do currently deal with three rather large mail accounts, plus > some additional accounts used for archives. I think I basically want to > maintain immediate access to more mail than MailMate is designed for due to > the "flat" message store. On my older MBP it's most obvious - everything has > a bit of a lag, particular paging through or deleting messages; it's just > enough lag to make me second guess whether I deleted the right thing. :) > > I understand that as it stands, MailMate is not made for my usage scenario > (giant mailboxes, and less-than-modern hardware), but is there anything to > look forward to in the next year or two that might be of interest to someone > like me who's eager to ditch Mail.app? I recall reading something in the > archives that there may be a time in the future when MM gets a major rewrite > to make handling 50K+ messages practical. Are we anywhere near that time? > > Regardless, I think MM is a fantastic mail client and I'll recommend it to > anyone who will listen. As more people move to webmail and social media for > messaging, it seems like the market for "power user" MUAs is decreasing. I > was truly disappointed that my use case didn't fit MM, as I was very eager to > make it my primary mail client - everything else about it is just about > perfect. > > Thanks, > > Charles > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > >
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