On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 11:17:42AM -0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 06:03:20PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > Is that mutt's header caches? > > Yes, that's what I meant to say. :) > > > If so I don't tend to leave mutt running all the time, I assume it > > refreshes things whenever it's started does it? > > Unfortunately, for header caches, "refreshing" doesn't include removing no > longer existing messages from the cache. It just means the header cache > will slowly grow, even though you are trimming the mailbox externally. Not > the end of the world, but at a certain point the cache will lose some > efficiency by sheer size. > Where does mutt keep these header caches then?
Ah, just a minute, I don't have set header_cache set for the good reason that mutt doesn't download mail from anywhere, it's all here on my desktop. When I read mail remotely I simply ssh to my desktop machine and run mutt. So I don't think this is an issue for me. -- Chris Green
