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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 1 01:08:16 2005 > > Return-Path: > > <linux-kernel-owner > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand > > id > > S1751607AbVLABHY (ORCPT <rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>); 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 _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
