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Howard Schwartz
Dec 10, 2012, 9:21:27 PM12/10/12
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Just tried another gui, eudora OSE to see if I could stand it. Could not -
too many assumptions about the user, who isnt me.
However, for a text based client, I do not understand why alpine is so slow
in switching from a message display to a folder display - probably not as
slow as 30 seconds, but feels like it. any way to speed this up? Probably I
can fool around with the categories of folders, versus show all folders,
etc. and get some apparent speed?
too many assumptions about the user, who isnt me.
However, for a text based client, I do not understand why alpine is so slow
in switching from a message display to a folder display - probably not as
slow as 30 seconds, but feels like it. any way to speed this up? Probably I
can fool around with the categories of folders, versus show all folders,
etc. and get some apparent speed?
unruh
Dec 10, 2012, 9:59:03 PM12/10/12
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On my system going from messages to that Folder list takes about 1/100
of a second. 391 folders, 800 messages in the inbox.
Adam H. Kerman
Dec 11, 2012, 6:44:20 AM12/11/12
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Howard Schwartz
Dec 11, 2012, 12:38:57 PM12/11/12
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unruh <un...@invalid.ca> wrote in news:Xjxxs.18806$2x2....@newsfe01.iad:
> What do you mean by folder display? Folder List?
> On my system going from messages to that Folder list takes about 1/100
> of a second. 391 folders, 800 messages in the inbox.
I had the lists of folders configured so when I hit l, all folders and
all categories of folders (e.g., Incoming Folders, Mail, Sent) displayed
on the screen at once.
What took long was being at the main menu, or being at the list of
messages in INBOX, and then pressing, L
I reconfigured the setting so that, for instance, when I hit L from the
main menu, I then see a list of Categories of folders, with no folders
under them, specifically:
Incoming-Folders
Incoming Message Folders
Mail
Local folders in C:\programs\alpine\mail\
Sent
Local folders in C:\programs\alpine\sent\
Gmail
Folders on imap.gmail.com/ssl/novalidate-
cert/user=howardb21gmail.com in [Gmail]/
OldMail
Local folders in E:\pine\mail\
OldSent
Local folders in E:\pine\sent\
That appears instantly. Then when I move to a category like `Sent' and
press <ENTER> I see a list of old mail stored locally on my computer that
I sent. That appears instantly.
When I had these thing so I would see Sent along with all folders in the
category, Sent --- this took a while to appear. I still don't understand
why it takes so long. But the new configuration is psychologically a bit
less stressful.
> What do you mean by folder display? Folder List?
> On my system going from messages to that Folder list takes about 1/100
> of a second. 391 folders, 800 messages in the inbox.
all categories of folders (e.g., Incoming Folders, Mail, Sent) displayed
on the screen at once.
What took long was being at the main menu, or being at the list of
messages in INBOX, and then pressing, L
I reconfigured the setting so that, for instance, when I hit L from the
main menu, I then see a list of Categories of folders, with no folders
under them, specifically:
Incoming-Folders
Incoming Message Folders
Local folders in C:\programs\alpine\mail\
Sent
Local folders in C:\programs\alpine\sent\
Gmail
Folders on imap.gmail.com/ssl/novalidate-
cert/user=howardb21gmail.com in [Gmail]/
OldMail
Local folders in E:\pine\mail\
OldSent
Local folders in E:\pine\sent\
That appears instantly. Then when I move to a category like `Sent' and
press <ENTER> I see a list of old mail stored locally on my computer that
I sent. That appears instantly.
When I had these thing so I would see Sent along with all folders in the
category, Sent --- this took a while to appear. I still don't understand
why it takes so long. But the new configuration is psychologically a bit
less stressful.
Howard Schwartz
Dec 11, 2012, 7:27:55 PM12/11/12
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"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote in news:ka76ak$v77$2
@news.albasani.net:
> is it seeking folders from remote machines and News servers?
No, Absolutely all folders reside on my local harddisk, on my local
computer, except for INBOX which is an IMAP folder, linked to my
gmail.com INBOX. I can access the imap folder and its messages quickly
and fine.
All other folders are email folders in alpine's mbox format (or whatever
they call it). There are NO news folders.
There are dozens of folders - basically a collection of messages from
many years. These email folders are divided in (what alpine calls) two
``folder connections''. One I call Sent. Under this category I have
folders with messages that I sent out to others. The other folder
collection is, Mail, containing folders that contain messages sent to me
from others -- that is, messages I received. No surprise there.
Nothing ``remote'' is going on.
@news.albasani.net:
> is it seeking folders from remote machines and News servers?
No, Absolutely all folders reside on my local harddisk, on my local
computer, except for INBOX which is an IMAP folder, linked to my
gmail.com INBOX. I can access the imap folder and its messages quickly
and fine.
All other folders are email folders in alpine's mbox format (or whatever
they call it). There are NO news folders.
There are dozens of folders - basically a collection of messages from
many years. These email folders are divided in (what alpine calls) two
``folder connections''. One I call Sent. Under this category I have
folders with messages that I sent out to others. The other folder
collection is, Mail, containing folders that contain messages sent to me
from others -- that is, messages I received. No surprise there.
Nothing ``remote'' is going on.
Adam H. Kerman
Dec 12, 2012, 1:48:41 AM12/12/12
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