Comments on: Speed up Mail.app http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin/2009/07/06/speed-up-mail-app/ Purveyors of self-important ramblings and half-baked theories since 2004. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John Bastin http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin/2009/07/06/speed-up-mail-app/#comment-812 John Bastin Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:49:07 +0000 http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin.old/?p=1408#comment-812 After doing the re-install and house cleaning, everything seems to be in place. Looking back, it's possible I wasn't looking where I thought I was looking. Anyway, now I did do the "vacuum" operation and was able to take an 11MB Envelope Index down to about 8.5MB. The effect? Not really noticeable. My mail didn't seem slow before, and I don't notice any change. Of course, my Envelope Index didn't seem nearly as large as some I've read about in this thread and others. But I keep very little mail in my Inbox, it all gets filtered off to other folders as soon as it arrives. Maybe this has an effect? After doing the re-install and house cleaning, everything seems to be in place. Looking back, it’s possible I wasn’t looking where I thought I was looking. Anyway, now I did do the “vacuum” operation and was able to take an 11MB Envelope Index down to about 8.5MB.

The effect? Not really noticeable. My mail didn’t seem slow before, and I don’t notice any change. Of course, my Envelope Index didn’t seem nearly as large as some I’ve read about in this thread and others. But I keep very little mail in my Inbox, it all gets filtered off to other folders as soon as it arrives. Maybe this has an effect?

]]> By: Richa http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin/2009/07/06/speed-up-mail-app/#comment-811 Richa Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:09:41 +0000 http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin.old/?p=1408#comment-811 Right, just wanted to make sure. Just to remove any complicating factors, I created a new POP account for a new user on a machine that had a fresh Leopard install (rather than my other laptop, which had been upgraded from Tiger). <code>Envelope Index</code> was in <code>~/Library/Mail</code> for me. Yes, do let me know if you see a difference after you run your update. Right, just wanted to make sure. Just to remove any complicating factors, I created a new POP account for a new user on a machine that had a fresh Leopard install (rather than my other laptop, which had been upgraded from Tiger). Envelope Index was in ~/Library/Mail for me. Yes, do let me know if you see a difference after you run your update.

]]> By: John Bastin http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin/2009/07/06/speed-up-mail-app/#comment-810 John Bastin Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:15:17 +0000 http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin.old/?p=1408#comment-810 Never mind. I'm now re-installing a Combo Update for another problem; let me see what develops on that before I come back to his issue. Never mind. I’m now re-installing a Combo Update for another problem; let me see what develops on that before I come back to his issue.

]]> By: John Bastin http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin/2009/07/06/speed-up-mail-app/#comment-809 John Bastin Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:08:02 +0000 http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin.old/?p=1408#comment-809 What I said in my message was: "I did a cd to ~/Library/Mail " That's the Mail folder in my home directory. What I said in my message was:

“I did a cd to ~/Library/Mail ”

That’s the Mail folder in my home directory.

]]> By: Richa http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin/2009/07/06/speed-up-mail-app/#comment-808 Richa Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:48:51 +0000 http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin.old/?p=1408#comment-808 Are you sure you're looking in <code>~/Library/Mail</code>? That's the Library folder in your home directory, not at the root of the filesystem; <code>/Users/yourname/Library/Mail</code>, not <code>/Library/Mail</code>. Are you sure you’re looking in ~/Library/Mail? That’s the Library folder in your home directory, not at the root of the filesystem; /Users/yourname/Library/Mail, not /Library/Mail.

]]> By: John Bastin http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin/2009/07/06/speed-up-mail-app/#comment-807 John Bastin Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:28:57 +0000 http://richa.avasthi.name/blogs/tepumpkin.old/?p=1408#comment-807 I took a look at this when I saw this current reference to it (I had read the original posts, but since they were a couple of years old, I didn't think things would still be the same). I did a cd to ~/Library/Mail and there was no Envelope Index to be found. I did a locate for Envelope Index and the only one I found was in a Mail folder in the backup of my office PowerMac G5 that I keep on my laptop. I'm running Mail 3.6 (935/935.3) in Mac OS X 10.5.7. There are three POP accounts. Any thoughts? John Bastin bastinj@gmail.com MacBook Pro 2.4GHz (17-inch) 4 GB RAM 320GB HDD Mac OS X 10.5.7 I took a look at this when I saw this current reference to it (I had read the original posts, but since they were a couple of years old, I didn’t think things would still be the same).

I did a cd to ~/Library/Mail and there was no Envelope Index to be found. I did a locate for Envelope Index and the only one I found was in a Mail folder in the backup of my office PowerMac G5 that I keep on my laptop.

I’m running Mail 3.6 (935/935.3) in Mac OS X 10.5.7. There are three POP accounts.

Any thoughts?

John Bastin
bastinj@gmail.com

MacBook Pro 2.4GHz (17-inch)
4 GB RAM
320GB HDD
Mac OS X 10.5.7

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