Re: [Evolution] Sent file too large

[Lee Revell <rlrevell joe-job com>]

On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 20:22 +0100, Erik Slagter wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 14:14 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 19:55 +0100, Erik Slagter wrote:
> > > These messages are then stored into an evolution-specific format which
> > > you cannot select and has nothing to do with mbox or maildir. 
> >
> > Yes, this was what I was getting at - is there a way to change Evo's
> > INTERNAL mail storage format to Maildir.  I guess not.
> >
> > And yes, it does have something to do with mbox, in fact this
> > "evolution-specific format" is nothing but (indexed) mbox AKA one huge
> > text file with all the messages appended:
> >
> > $ head .evolution/mail/local/LKML
> > > From linux-kernel-owner vger kernel org Thu Dec  1 01:08:16 2005
> > Return-Path:
> >         <linux-kernel-owner
> > +rlrevell=40joe-job com-S1751607AbVLABHY vger kernel org>
> > Delivered-To: vml_joe-job-rlrevell joe-job com
> > Received: (qmail 4526 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2005 01:08:16 -0000
> > Received: from unknown (HELO vger.kernel.org) (209.132.176.167) by viper
> >         with SMTP; 1 Dec 2005 01:08:16 -0000
> > Received: (majordomo vger kernel org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
> > id
> >         S1751607AbVLABHY (ORCPT <rfc822;rlrevell joe-job com>); Wed, 30
> > Nov 2005
> >         20:07:24 -0500
> >
> > etc
> >
> > And THIS is the cause of Evo's scalability problems - it would be better
> > if Evo *internally* use one file per message AKA maildir.
>
> I don't see the problem if it uses an *index*.

Evo takes 5 minutes to close as it has to write out huge files.  And,
the indexing is sub-optimal, because it's clear that the speed of
switching between messages in a folder is a function of how big the
folder is.  I periodically have to move all my old mail into archive
folders or the navigation becomes unusably slow.

Lee