Re: Mail checking a bit slow

[David Woodfall]

On (20/03/18 09:33), Dave Woodfall  put forth the 
proposition:

On (20/03/18 10:22), Jens John  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.

Re: Mail checking a bit slow

[David Woodfall]

On (20/03/18 10:22), Jens John  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.

Re: Mail checking a bit slow

[Jens John]

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.

Re: Mail checking a bit slow

[David Woodfall]

On (20/03/18 04:17), Dave Woodfall  put forth the 
proposition:

I've been experimenting with the sidebar today and it works well.

One problem though is that the mailboxes new mail count seems a bit
slow to update (maildir).

I've tried a few settings and I currently have:

unset mail_check_recent
set timeout=1
set mail_check=1
set mail_check_stats
set sidebar_new_mail_only = no
set sidebar_format = '%B%?F? [%F]?%*  %?N?%N/?%S '

After I receive new mail it seems to take upwards of 30 secs to
actually put the new mail count in the sidebar listing.

Is there a way of speeding this up? I'm not using IMAP or anything,
just plain maildir.


I should that this is with mailboxes with only 2 or 3 messages.