I'll jump in here, since Benny said he would be gone for the weekend. As
always, only he is a definitive source of info...
On 2021-05-14 at 15:53:52 UTC-0400 (Fri, 14 May 2021 21:53:52 +0200)
Patrik Fältström via mailmate <mailmate@lists.freron.com>
is rumored to have said:
On 14 May 2021, at 20:05, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
Any strategies for using less memory? [too many virtual mailboxes]
I might regret this if there turns out to be unintended side effects,
but you could possibly delete some of the database index files such
as those for the “received” header. Some are more important than
others for the internal workings of MailMate while others are only
needed if searched explicitly.
This is a disconcerting suggestion. Like an aircraft designer suggesting
that maybe the tail rudder and flaps are not really needed and can be
ditched to save weight. Maybe...
Aha, ok, I have not looked at the size of the database files.
[...]
-rw------- 1 paf staff 724M May 14 21:42 #quoted#lc.cache
-rw------- 1 paf staff 724M May 14 21:42 #quoted.cache
-rw------- 1 paf staff 2.1G May 14 21:42 #unquoted#lc.cache
-rw------- 1 paf staff 2.1G May 14 21:42 #unquoted.cache
-rw------- 1 paf staff 2.1G May 14 21:42 received.cache
The received is indeed a large file. Is any search based on that?
To the best of my knowledge, that file will only be needed if you try a
search (or have a smart mailbox) that uses the Received header(s) of a
message. The Received headers form an audit trail of the transit of a
message from the author to final delivery, with an additional Received
header added each time the message is handed off from one server (or
process) to another. If you don't do mail forensics on a regular basis,
you are likely to never miss its index files. Because virtually all
messages except Sent or Drafts will have 2 Received headers, deleting
the 3 files that make up the Received index (.cache, .plist, and
.offsets) will only delete them temporarily, because any new message
will cause the creation of new files for what MM considers a previously
unknown header.
Note that the "#quoted" and "#unquoted" files are for tokens in the
quoted and unquoted text of messages, with the "#lc" versions being for
the lower-cased versions of those tokens. That's why they are huge, and
also why you really should not experiment with deleting them to save
disk and/or RAM space. Despite Benny's suggestion, I would be extremely
averse to removing any of the index files with '#' in them, as those are
for logical constructs of MM, not actual headers.
--
Bill Cole
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(AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
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