Re: nnfolder and large-file-warning-threshold

[Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de>]

On Thu, Aug 26 2004, Reiner Steib wrote:

> when using Gnus with the nnfolder[1] back end which is used by default
> for sent messages, people get...
>
> | File sent-mail is large (11MB), really open? (y or n) 
>
> ... when sending a mail.
>
> This is caused by the variable `large-file-warning-threshold' that has
> been introduced in Emacs 21.3.50.
>
> Should we bind `large-file-warning-threshold' to a larger value (or
> nil) in the relevant Gnus functions[2] or would it be better to
> increase the default value of `large-file-warning-threshold'?

No opinions on that?  Could someone explain the reason for
`large-file-warning-threshold'?

> [1] The nnfolder back end is a "one file per group" back end.
>     I.e. the file may grow quite fast when a user stores sent
>     attachments there.
>
> [2] `nnheader-find-file-noselect' (used in `nnfolder-read-folder',
>     `nnmbox-read-mbox', `nnbabyl-read-mbox', ...)

Bye, Reiner.
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