[dev] IMP show_attachments... do we still need

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:

> Quoting Eric Rostetter <eric.rostetter@physics.utexas.edu>:
> 
> > I believe Chuck *personally* wants to get rid of it, and believes it
> > is a performance hit.
> >
> > But I know a lot of users really like it and want it to stay.  And I
> know
> > that I've never noticed any performance difference on my small (1000 -
> > 2000 users) setup.
> 
> You are correct about my *personally* wanting it to go away.
> 
> However, it being a performance hit really isn't in dispute; whether it
> manifests itself on your server (and hardware) or not, turning that
> feature
> on means that we have to request - and parse, which isn't cheap either -
> the
> _entire_ structure of every message on that mailbox page - to get that
> information. And we have to make a call to the IMAP server for every
> single
> one. With it off, we just ask the IMAP server for a header summary for
> the
> messages on our current page - 1 call, much less parsing.

But we should leave the decision to enable it to the admin.
+1 for leaving it in the code.

Jan.

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