[imp] Slow loading of mailboxes with multiple folders and filters

Michael M Slusarz slusarz at horde.org
Sun Apr 28 18:30:28 UTC 2013


Quoting Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>:

> As far as I can tell, Horde will (since IMP 5 if memory serves) scan  
> all subscribed folders on every page reload. With 160 subscribed  
> folders, this may take a while. It's a while back, but if I remember  
> correctly, this would only happen in IMP 4 on user request. So while  
> it may have taken an identical amount of time back then, the fact  
> that it is happening more often may be perceived as 'slower'.

This is only (partially) true for the standard view.  The IMAP mailbox  
list is cached - however, the sidebar needs to be recreated on every  
page load.

But the standard view is no longer tweaked for these kind of  
performance issues.  That's what the other views are for.

michael

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