On (20/03/18 09:33), Dave Woodfall <[email protected]> put forth the
proposition:
On (20/03/18 10:22), Jens John <[email protected]> put forth the proposition:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2018, at 05:17, David Woodfall wrote:
Is there a way of speeding this up? I'm not using IMAP or anything,
just plain maildir.
You should try `header_cache`. It worked wonders when I was still using a HDD
and Maildir, reducing mailbox load times from ~4s to .5s for large maildirs.
Not sure how much of a difference this would make on a system that already has
SSD, but even then it's worth a try.
header_cache
Type: path
Default: “”
This variable points to the header cache database. If pointing
to a directory Mutt will contain a header cache database file per folder, if
pointing to a file that file
will be a single global header cache. By default it is unset so no
header caching will be used.
Header caching can greatly improve speed when opening POP, IMAP MH
or Maildir folders, see “caching” for details.
I used to use cache when I used IMAP. I turned it off when I started
using local mailboxes. I'll turn it on again and see.
Finally, I found $mail_check_stats_interval. This is what controls
the stats checking for the sidebar. It's set to 30 secs by default.
I've lowered it to a few seconds and it helps a lot.
