Re: [Evolution] expunge is very slow for me

[Andrew Smith <asmith wpequity com>]

hmmm, what is that? is that ... well yes, yes it is. egg on my face ;-)

what'll you guys think up next? 

btw, evolution is an awesome piece of work.

-a.

On 17 Aug 2001 14:42:08 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> 
> 
> If that's the behavior you want, perhaps you should be using the "Hide
> Deleted Messages" option? ;-)
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On 17 Aug 2001 14:41:04 -0400, Andrew Smith wrote:
> > 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.
> > > >
> >
> >
> 
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