-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 09:51:16AM -0400, James wrote: > All, > > I use procmail + mutt and am running into a problem that is limiting > my usage of mutt. Currently procmail sorts some very high volume > mailing lists into specific folders (mbox format). I'm using mutt as > an IMAP client and when I add these mailboxes to my .muttrc file, mutt > sometimes takes 5 to 10 minutes to fully load and sort all the > messages. > > Worse, when the timer expires and mutt begins checking mailboxes for > new messages, the client freezes until the check is done. > > Is there a way to "thread" or "background" the mail checking process > in mutt so that I don't have to deal with this problem? I could use a > third-party IMAP new mail checker, such as gbuffy, but I'd prefer to > use mutt if possible. > > Thoughts? Ideas? > > Thanks! > -j
Isn't mutt compressing the headers? I would suggest to POP it and deal with those large list locally. I know there is a very noticeable difference in opening the Debian-users list mailbox now that I've left IMAP for POP. at about ~7000 mails mutt would take 2-3 seconds to open fetch and sort the mailbox while using IMAP.. It's nearly instant now with mail kept locally. - -- Daryl Styrk Naples, FL USA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoijxIACgkQ6baBhW8CzriEkQCfRrNG7FuHNHjLZ4s0FN/zX20k KA0AmwfeUuiMFSmghnuIFMe4IkEHyQEa =mkHH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
