On 2008-09-07 22:24:58 -0700, Dan Fandrich wrote: >> Sorting by to or from header is inacceptably slow for large >> mailboxes if reverse_alias is enabled, and if there is even a >> modest number of aliases in place (here: 500). The main >> culprit is the reverse alias lookup code which does a linear >> search through a linked list. That code is invoked each time >> an address is made "human-friendly", i.e., *often*.
> I posted a similar patch on March 28 that did something similar > to the alias group list. I can bring that patch up to date if > there is some chance that it would be submitted. Out of curiosity, mind reposting that patch so we can see which one's better? ;-) -- Thomas Roessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
