Re: [Evolution] Re: mbox vs. Maildir

[Ricardo Amadeo Contreras <aztlan2k yahoo com>]

On 20 Aug 2001 21:23:03 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So sprach »Ricardo Amadeo Contreras« am 2001-08-20 um 12:57:25 -0500 :
>
> Well, one thing is for sure - deleting messages is *ALWAYS* a lot faster
> in Maildir.  After all, deleting a message in a Maildir (MH) mailspool
> means that only one (or more) files have to be deleted.  In mbox, the
> mbox file needs to be completely rewritten.  But your wish is my command
> :)

wow. nice of you to have redone the test.  

> I'll delete 500 messages and measure the time it takes.  To do so, I'll
> sort the mbox by the authors name and then delete the first 500 (~10%).
> This should make the messages fairly scuttered around the whole file.
> The times are only for mbox.  Measuring Maildir wouldn't make sense - it
> would of course be way faster.  Oh well - in mutt it took <1 second to
> delete the same 500 messages.
>
> mutt:                 4 seconds
> elm:                  5 seconds
> pine:                 21 seconds (29 seconds for the full rewrite)
> evolution 0.12 mbox:  43 seconds
> evolution maildir:    6 seconds
>
> ...
>
> I noticed, that the overly long times of Evolution with mbox files are
> because of the 2nd step "Ordner wird synchronisiert" ("Synchronizing
> folder" ?).  This alone takes about 30 seconds each time.  I wonder why
> this step takes so extremely long!?  When the folder is first opened,
> this step doesn't take quite as long.

Could this be that Evolution has to resync/reindex folders and then also
do the same for Virtual folders?  It could be helpful to optimize some
code in this area.  

Ricardo


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