Lots of people have reported a noticeable slowdown in Mailnews in the past
couple of builds.
"Seth Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Steve Caroll wrote:
>
> > I just installed the 1/20/01 nightly build (had been using 12/09/00
> > build before). I seems to me that this version of news/mail runs a
> > lot slower. I especially notice this when i change folders -- this
> > seems to take a lot longer. Also takes awhile when I click New
> > Message or press control N. should I try a different nightly?
>
> See http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/win_performance_results.html.
>
> It looks like folder loading has gotten worse. (We're investigating it.)
>
> Just curious, can you create a new profle and see if "New Message" is as
> slow as in your current profile?
>
> I know that a big collected address book can affect performance. (There
> bugs logged on this.)
>
> -Seth
>
