On or near 8/31/04 14:13, Luis Vallecillo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > I think there is a bit of confusion as to what I describe as "delays". I am > well aware of the delays caused by SpamSieve's AppleScripts, but that is not > the case here. Unless there is some crazy runaway script loop that can > linger well past the check-email schedule, I don't think they are related at > all. > > When I'm checking email, and ONLY when I'm checking email, are those scripts > running...and ONLY then do I see that particular delay (as a matter of fact, > it is happening right now as I type). Once all messages have been processed, > and SpamSieve is done handling all of those messages (which you can see by > looking at SpamSieve's icon on the dock) then we are out of the woods on > that particular delay. > You are correct; the SpamSieve delay is indicated by its icon in the Dock, so you are clearly seeing a different problem.
> The delay I'm experiencing is different. This delay will last for probably > 15 minutes at a time, and while it is happening SpamSieve is doing > absolutely nothing. The only things you notice is: > Fifteen MINUTES?! Good grief! I have never seen anything like that. > - ZERO response to clicks on Entourage's interface > - Increased hard disk activity > - Increased CPU usage for the Database Daemon (about 5%) > The only thing comparable I have seen has been when some AppleScript times out entirely...for instance, throwing up a dialog in Finder that is in the background so you don't see it, and then waiting for a response. It hangs Entourage. But generally, scripts time out after about 2 minutes. Another thing that I've known to do it (also in a script) is a time-consuming "whose" clause searching a very large contact database, such as Every contact whose (first name begins with "B" or last name begins with "B" or Company begins with "B") But I can hardly conceive of such an operation that would take fifteen mnutes. It has to be something Entourage is initiating, since only Entourage is affected. A script, a schedule, or something like that. One other thing that used to hang up for a moderately long time was -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
