From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: 36714@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36714: 27.0.50; Gnus nnmaildir taking long time to recursively visit sub-Maildirs
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:25:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877e87nvcr.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86ftn37cvz.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com>
Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
>
>> * Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> [2019-07-22 19:40]:
>
> [...]
>
>>> I also don't think this threatens the integrity of the user's files: the
>>> extra data is maintained in parallel, and doesn't interfere with the
>>> messages themselves.
>>
>> I did read nnmaildir info page, and I have not found anything that
>> would indicate what would Gnus do to my file system.
>
> The first paragraph of the maildir section of the Gnus manual says:
>
> ‘nnmaildir’ also stores extra information in the ‘.nnmaildir/’ directory
> within a maildir.
>
> On the next page of the manual, there's a section on this group parameter:
>
> ‘nov-cache-size’
> An integer specifying the size of the NOV memory cache. To speed
> things up, ‘nnmaildir’ keeps NOV data in memory for a limited
> number of articles in each group. (This is probably not
> worthwhile, and will probably be removed in the future.) This
> parameter’s value is noticed only the first time a group is seen
> after the server is opened—i.e., when you first start Gnus,
> typically. The NOV cache is never resized until the server is
> closed and reopened. The default is an estimate of the number of
> articles that would be displayed in the summary buffer: a count of
> articles that are either marked with ‘tick’ or not marked with
> ‘read’, plus a little extra.
>
> Noting both that the nov cache will probably go away at some point, and
> how to control its size in the meantime.
>
> (add-to-list 'gnus-parameters
> '("^nnmaildir:"
> (nov-cache-size . 2)
> (expire-age . never)))
Actually, `expire-age' isn't really necessary: so long as you don't mark
any articles with the "E" key, nothing will get expired.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-24 18:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-18 12:20 bug#36714: 27.0.50; Gnus nnmaildir taking long time to recursively visit sub-Maildirs Jean Louis
2019-07-18 19:00 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-18 19:43 ` Jean Louis
2019-07-18 20:03 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-18 20:48 ` Jean Louis
2019-07-19 0:27 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-19 6:15 ` Jean Louis
2019-07-19 17:23 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-19 17:31 ` Jean Louis
2019-07-19 18:49 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-22 8:44 ` Jean Louis
2019-07-22 17:40 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-23 7:30 ` Jean Louis
2019-07-24 18:18 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-24 18:25 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2019-07-22 8:34 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-07-22 17:21 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-22 17:41 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-07-23 7:37 ` Jean Louis
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