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 


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