On Wed, 2022-06-29 at 13:34 -0500, Greg Oliver via evolution-list wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 12:43 PM Jaroslaw Rafa <r...@rafa.eu.org> > wrote: > > Dnia 29.06.2022 o godz. 12:30:10 Tim McConnell via evolution-list > > pisze: > > > Unlikely but true, I copied one of the cron reports into an email > > > and > > > attached the original one sent and sent it to myself in gmail. > > > My CPU stayed under 35% usage when it was opened in gmail (IMAP) > > > both > > > the body and attachment didn't spike the CPU. I can send it if > > > you > > > want) > > > But if I go into "On This Computer-> Inbox and view mail the CPU > > > goes > > > crazy. I could see if changing to a different font (not sure > > > what > > > plain text uses) but I haven't changed anything like that since I > > > installed Bookworm. > > > > There are still a few *very basic* facts we don't know. > > 1) How large (average) are the messages that you have problem > > displaying? > > 2) What type of local mail account does your Evolution use? "Local > > delivery" > > (ie. *copying* mail from system mbox to Evolution-specific > > location), mbox > > (directly) or Maildir (directly)? > > 3) The above is connected with another question: what format does > > your local > > mail system use? mbox or Maildir? > > 4) If this is mbox, how large it is? > > Scanning a large mbox may involve significant CPU load. > > > > Without this information, actually very little is known about your > > local > > mail system. In my opinion, debugging any local mail related > > problem without > > this information is not possible. > > > > > I do not want to hijack a thread, but I too have had severe > performance impacts with WebKit (reported previously on the list) > since it is not multi threaded. I prefer plain text, but as everyone > knows, corporate america has succumbed to html for the MS monster > (exchange). As far as the difference between local accounts and IMAP > accounts, I cannot speak to that - I have not used evo for a local > mbox or maildir account in over 15 years, but the WebKit rendering is > horrendous. My previous threads to the list show webkit was using a > single thread (this on a 3GHz CPU) and taking over 3 seconds to > render the email to my display. I know we are at the mercy of WebKit > since that was the decision made, but damn - it is quite cumbersome > at times. > > I would not quite using evo because of this since I would snip those > messages that took some time to render afterward before a reply, but > the snip takes time as well. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution-list mailing list > > evolution-list@gnome.org > > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
If it matters to anyone, I tried installing the devhelp GUI and Epiphany web browser as Milan suggested to test Webkit as a whole. Neither launches and if I try from a command line to launch either of them it times out. epiphany Failed to register: Timeout was reached I don't know if that is useful or not. -Tim _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
