Re: [Evolution] expunge is very slow for me

[Andrew Smith <asmith wpequity com>]

Hmmm, maybe this is a good candidate for some lazy programming.

Couldn't the expunge operation just hide messages from the folder views
and wait to rewrite the mbox until we have closed down evolution?

I only have 600 messages in my folders and it is painful to watch the
expunge process tick along.

-a.

On 17 Aug 2001 14:08:53 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> 
> 
> The expunge operation isn't affected by the numbr of messages as much as
> it is affected by the size of the mailbox you are expunging.
> 
> in order to expunge an mbox file, you must write all the messages that
> are not to be deleted into a new mbox file and then move the new mbox
> file over the old mbox file.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On 17 Aug 2001 10:52:34 -0400, Andrew Smith wrote:
> > I'm surprised that you are able to hit expunge after every deletion.
> >
> > Does anyone else watch the paint dry after hitting expunge?
> >
> > The status bar goes on about synchronizing folders, but this takes
> > somewhere on the order of 8-12 seconds no matter how many messages are
> > being expunged.
> >
> > -a.
> >