On 19-Jun-2000, clemensF wrote:
> > Brett Coon:
> > 1. Folder changes are really slow. My MH folders (directories)
> > have thousands of messages, which undoubtedly is at least
> > part of the problem. Would it be faster if I stored messages
> > in mbox format? Is there anything else I can do to speed
> > it up other than deleting all my old email?
> try to convert to maildir format. it resembles mh in that every message is
> kept in a single file in directories (folders), but there is no seq-uence
> file. please feedback on results.
I've converted my mailboxes to maildir once, it turned out to be
slower than mbox, so I converted back to mbox now. Dunno about MH, but
I'm guessing it's about the same speed as maildir since it resembles
maildir.
Ronny
