Re: [Evolution] Slow IMAP folder scanning

[Dave Allen <daveallen acm org>]

Actually, I do do server-side filtering with procmail.  All of my
mailling list mail is filtered into mailboxes like
~/Mail/inboxes/evolution, ~/Mail/inboxes/evolution-hackers,
~/Mail/inboxes/linux-kernel, etc.. (I have 24 different inboxes)

I agree that manually checking several different folders can get
annoying, but not nearly as annoying as waiting the 5 minutes and 8
seconds (I just timed it) that it takes to scan every folder I've
subscribed to.

Perhaps there could be some way to designate a certain folder as
receiving incoming mail, and that folder would be included in the
folder scan?  Or the opposite - designating a certain folder as not
receiving incoming mail, so there's really no point in scanning it
every time.


On 2000-12-22, at 13:04:48-0500, Dan Winship wrote:
> > I was thinking of something similar to what Netscape/Mozilla does,
> > only counting the read/unread messages when you actually click on the
> > folder.
>
> Oh, and that's reasonable? Do you do server-side filtering at all? It
> seems to be that if you did, that having to check each folder would
> get annoying quickly...
>
> -- Dan

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