Ken -- ...and then Ken Weingold said... % % On Sun, Jan 27, 2002, Sven Guckes wrote: % > > I moved my mail to a friend's server which has some really old ... % > check the locking method of mutt and your machine. % > % > Sven [using mutt-1.3.27 - opening mutt folder % > with 39,000+ messges in less than a minute.]
Heh. That's cool :-) % % Hmmm. There may indeed be a locking issue. This is the first time I % think I have had to install mutt into my home directory since I don't % have root on this machine. What are the issues with mutt_dotlock in % this case? If your mail is in /var/spool/mail, then mutt_dotlock will need to have special perms -- but mutt should also complain that it can't open the spool for writing. If you own the spool files, permissions are not an issue. Since it's a friend, though, ask her/him to install mutt_dotlock (or, heck, just load up 1.2.5.1 as a full install, since you can use 1.3.27 from your home tree and *not* use your own mutt_dotlock) and never worry about it again. If^WWhen s/he gets turned on to how cool mutt is system updates will be taken care of for you :-) Meanwhile, my personal feeling is that you'll feel it first based on disk type (EIDE will suck), second on available RAM, and distantly third on processor power, and that unless your friend is running ext3 (run "mount" without args to see) you do NOT want Maildir. % % % -Ken :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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