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=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18461 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2022 16:01:48 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 28 Jan 2022 16:01:48 -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 1nDTh4-00488K-3z for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:01:46 -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 1nDTh3-003dRu-KT for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:01:45 -0600 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nDTh1-003dRl-Bq for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:01:43 -0600 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nDTgy-004883-Tt for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:01:43 -0600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-reply-to:Date:Subject: Cc:To:From:References:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Ifj7XzFx+5RNW/Tx3d3poYkCsOn1fC9XarllLQTLyk8=; b=Ch8OzCpQXSL44+yxMk14cOpYNG mxhgjC7OdjgCyB/bT5qxPN4SBv/r6bL7FP2NsoW6Lhg82A8ZNNmKi3t30jSwac38Fxy7YI8OSniaB cyYEs9xwZj5VJnjG6Th9t56qjf7va1Ekl3kcjqS8NuRWo8/8AJujPucejSnk8G1nIoLs=; Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nDTgq-00045I-RH for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:01:35 +0100 Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=58274 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nDTgn-0002ry-To; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:01:29 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:In-reply-to:Date:Subject:To:From: References; bh=Ifj7XzFx+5RNW/Tx3d3poYkCsOn1fC9XarllLQTLyk8=; b=RWdjOzlXrWKHBq T8MGaMTp88fGAZwiwOnAyJB5ksN+ZMB6DYEbtaXtTP3l54+Pyy+IICljqp3bVJx3xEDjmZcvmN5PP 2xB+0muzDwktuBsDqrBWreOqTlK1CV8sC2LNQy9wskdW3zMLE92J2m1UNOFP7Qv6LflcTn6ddqXh5 yPp2YQBzzt3vBjIku3limiQYoZMyM41i5fUysAgB/vh+Qi7xm429JAW/u1ac2IPK7dKNhDBYSC+ik VmzrmY0baU5FS0MbUq4Q2ZaQfBYGQI3dUCQ9R/3QLzYuS022Os0S93rI7kkTNnP5UJjfzmUHCekaB YgA7uLK1ed1FJGgjjyfg==; Received: from auth2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.228]:59133) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nDTgm-0002KN-LT; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:01:29 -0500 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14D3527C005A; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:01:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:01:27 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvvddrfeehgdekvdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepfhgfhffvufffjgfkgggtsehttdertd dtredtnecuhfhrohhmpefvrghsshhilhhoucfjohhrnhcuoehtshguhhesghhnuhdrohhr gheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepveevieekteekveeigfefffeivdetgeduvdffueeuud evgedttdehvdfhueevfffhnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehm rghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhrnhdomhgvshhmthhprghuthhhphgvrhhsohhnrghlihhthi dqkeeijeefkeejkeegqdeifeehvdelkedqthhsughhpeepghhnuhdrohhrghesfhgrshht mhgrihhlrdhfmh X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:01:26 -0500 (EST) References: <87h79nri7n.fsf@mat.ucm.es> User-agent: mu4e 1.7.6; emacs 29.0.50 From: Tassilo Horn To: Uwe Brauer Cc: ding@gnus.org Subject: Re: could a large (2.4Mb) .newsrc.eld file slow things down Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:58:42 +0100 In-reply-to: <87h79nri7n.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Message-ID: <87wnijalyj.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain List-ID: Precedence: bulk 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. ;-) Bye, Tassilo