* Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> [2014-03-21 20:58]:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 05:11:38PM -0400, Peter P. wrote:
> > * Rejo Zenger <r...@zenger.nl> [2014-03-21 17:00]:
> > > ++ 21/03/14 14:13 -0400 - Peter P.:
> > > >when I run a search across a folder using the "limit" function, I
> > > >can't find a way to stop it while it is searching through messages
> > > >(apart from killing mutt). Ctl-g doesn't work. Is there any this can
> > > >be done?
> > >
> > > Limit to "all", so limit to "~A".
> > Thanks! In fact I am trying to stop the search _while_ it is running
> > (which can sometimes take very long / too long for large folders)
>
> How large is large? I just tried to limit to all messages sent by me in
> a folder with >20k messages, it was almost instantaneous. Are you by
> any change doing full body search (with ~b)? That will take a while; if
> that is the case you could reduce the time a bit by using =b instead.
You are right! It is ~b that can take very long. Thank you for
pointing out =b to me, this is what I was looking for!
Cool!
best, P
