Re: could a large (2.4Mb) .newsrc.eld file slow things down

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

>>>>> "TH" == Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
>> Hi Uwe,
>
>> well, it slows down the startup of Gnus but contains a gazillion of data
>> you wouldn't want to miss like your topics, what articles you've read &
>> marked, scores, ad-hoc written group parameters, etc.
>
>>> More importantly, can or should I clean a large .newsrc.eld file?
>
>> No, not unless you are absolutely sure what you are doing and your first
>> name is either Lars or Eric. ;-)
>
> I see, those names have 4 letters, mine has only 3, so on that base, I
> rather don't do anything 😇

Oh I'm just as afraid of .newsrc.eld as anyone else :) But Tassilo's
right, there's no "extra" data in there that you could garbage collect.
You'd have to actually unsubscribe from or delete groups you don't want
anymore.