Re: [VM] IMAP cache

[Johan Vromans]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 11:32:15 +0100
Johan Vromans <address@hidden> wrote:

> From the docs:
> 
>   When you visit an IMAP folder, VM will download copies of the
>   messages that it finds there for you to read.  These messages are saved
>   locally in a folder on the disk, in the directory specified by
>   `vm-imap-folder-cache-directory' (or `vm-folder-directory' if the
>   former is not defined).
> 
> It seems that VM maintains the local copies in a single mailbox file,
> which quickly tend to grow very big, hence slow.
> 
> Is it possible to maintain the local copies in a maildir style format?

With a 60MB imap-cache (1000 messages) my VM slows down to the point of
becoming unusable.

Is there really no solution?

-- Johan