From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28557 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2022 17:19:42 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 28 Jan 2022 17:19:42 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nDUuS-004C4I-N0 for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:19:40 -0600 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nDUuR-003dkq-W1 for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:19:40 -0600 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nDUuQ-003dkj-OH for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:19:38 -0600 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nDUuP-00C8fr-27 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:19:38 -0600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References :Message-ID:Date:Subject:From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=qDvTJGOkSZDWU2T+F+9jZlXlWQAXwb9XL28npmV6z6w=; b=sh7L+j1M+kRhpan1N6SRHaWy5x sWPpbqLoLte/J4CylPi1ovf+gPwWoyMilLwyOtcyiA90m+cbA/33BzzZaUmwfByvQPuN6cwCzZHXJ tLdkdqLIl88fRfPdBYIhveV4eNgMjisg4lJonnxzlmjN6YYZpCVxuwANOBJrXVychWPg=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nDUuI-0004sK-1W for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:19:32 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nDUuG-0000Aq-LE for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:19:28 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: could a large (2.4Mb) .newsrc.eld file slow things down Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:19:24 -0800 Message-ID: <87r18rn5gj.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87h79nri7n.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87wnijalyj.fsf@gnu.org> <87pmoblrdi.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tsxOLt4AgvsjJ8+IJUxS+STImno= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Uwe Brauer writes: >>>>> "TH" == Tassilo Horn writes: > >> Uwe Brauer 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.