[Alpine-info] Saving messages is incredibly slow in 1.10

[Tom Anderson]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Mark Crispin wrote:


> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Tom Anderson wrote:

>>> [X]  Save Combines Copies (may be out of order)

>> I already have that set. Also, i think it only affects IMAP mailboxes.

>

> Make certain that you have this set.


My menu looks like this:

       [ ]  Quote Replace Nonflowed
       [X]  Save Combines Copies (may be out of order)                   (default)
       [ ]  Save Partial Message Without Confirming


> Save Combines Copies affects both IMAP and local mailboxes, and in the 

> case of traditional UNIX mailboxes the impact is HUGE.  The time taken 

> when Save Combines Copies is not set is linear based upon the number of 

> messages to be saved.


I'm slightly confused. Isn't the number of messages to be saved always 
one? I go through my email, and if there's something i want to save, i hit 
s and then hit return - and then i wait. Is there a better way i could be 
doing this?


> There is a one-time performance hit when converting an old traditional 

> UNIX mailbox to the new form with UIDs.  Or rather, it is a one-time hit 

> as long as you use Save Combines Copies.


When you say 'converting', do you mean from mbox to mix/mbx, or from 
plain-mbox to alpine-mbox? If the latter, why do you re-incur the hit if 
you don't use Save Combines Copies? Is there somewhere i can read more 
about this UID stuff? Where is it in the source code?

tom

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