[pmmail-list] time to clear trash - performance

[mark mutoxin]

On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 17:24:38 -0400 (EDT), Bruce Francis wrote:

is this trash problem unique to pmmail/2?  having never noticed the
behaviour, i just dumped 3300 messages into trash and that took
20-30 seconds.  emptying the trash was instantaneous.  perhaps i
wasn't able to observe the problem because i transferred the entire
contents of a folder and an empty folder doesn't require
reindexing?  fwiw, ..

>Try it with 4,000 items that you've just dumped in there....
>
>>But, it also seems rather a simple solution/bypass.  Clear the Trash at
>>the end of each day.  I'd rather have BSW make repairs to code that is
>>actually broken and that I cannot bypass than spend time on things that
>>can be remedied by a modification of my own behaviour.
>
>Doesn't matter if you clear it daily ... AAMOF I shut down PMMail
>daily so it is getting cleared.  This problem happens when you add
>a _significant_ number of messages to the Trash bin.   Try it.....
>you'll see.  
>
>>Sure, they can keep it in mind if they open up that code.  But in the
>>overall priority of things, it just does not hit the top of MY list. 
>>Then, again, to each his own.
>
>It hits the top of *mine* when my computer is tied up doing
>reindexing for a couple of hours!   The CPU gauge is pegged
>at 99%.... not much happening other than reindexing a message
>every few seconds.
>
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