Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution
When folders approach 2+GB data and 15+K messages, all activities which involve folders access become slower and slower, taking tens of seconds also during message retrieval with POP3. The larger the folder content, the slower the access. I argued it was because of folder implementation as mbox files. Thus I applied a "trick" to store all email in maildir format (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/56412) and it's now working great (with XFS file system). There should be a way to define folders are maildirs "natively" (that is with no trick) if not eliminating the mbox format completely. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: evolution 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: LC_COLLATE=C LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution Uname: Linux 2.6.28-12-generic x86_64 ** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- ever slowing access to large mail folders (solved with maildir trick) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376824 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs