On Jo, 08 iul 21, 04:09:48, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On Jo, 08 iul 21, 09:24:32, didier gaumet wrote: > > > By default Thunderbird manages an mbox file for each folder you > > creates, which contains all the messages of the folder. So potentially > > these mbox files can be big and their processing can be slow. > > > > There are others forms of messages storage which create a file per > > message: Maildir, MH, etc.. > > > Okay, but I have doubt about any type of benefits relating to having > either more file or a different storage format. > This won't help much when we talk about problem searching thru my mail > and resources hungry (for Thunderbird) actions.
Except for the network interface the storage is the slowest component in a typical computer and the mbox format is notoriously difficult to change. The "delete 100 messages on my mailing list inbox" you mentioned is barely noticeable with (neo)mutt using Maildir (probably with MH as well). Even doing this over IMAP could be faster because the server does the actual work. (in any case, enabling the header cache is a must) If you care about a (big) local searchable archive you might want to look at neomutt and it's notmuch integration. Any folder with more than a few hundred messages should probably be converted to Maildir, unless it's used as an archive and rarely (if ever) changed. (neo)mutt can deal with different formats per folder. They do however require more configuration / customization out of the box. The (neo)muttrc manpage is very useful and there is plenty of other documentation on the web to get you started. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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