From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: nnimap: Checking mailbox foo
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:43:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ilu66b9kzdd.fsf@barbar.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vafzo8lqm7g.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE's message of "Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:31:15 +0200")
Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> When I `g'et new news, nnimap tells me it's ``Checking mailbox foo''
> for every nnimap group I've got. This is much faster than the
> ``Updating info for foo'' which I got when I started with nnimap. But
> still, if you have many groups, it takes quite a bit of time. My boss
> is complaining about it...
>
> So, is it possible to do something about this to make it even faster
> than fast?
>
> What is nnimap doing when it is checking each mailbox?
It is finding the "active info" (highest and lowest article number)
for the group. Gnus needs this to find unread mail.
It might be possible to collect this information in the background.
Or altering the way Gnus looks for unread mail to make things faster.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-27 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-27 20:31 Kai Großjohann
2001-08-27 20:43 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
2001-08-28 8:20 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-08-28 8:54 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-28 9:56 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-08-27 22:17 ` Joe Casadonte
2001-08-28 0:49 ` Amos Gouaux
2001-08-28 8:19 ` Kai Großjohann
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