8 Dec
2019
8 Dec
'19
7:34 p.m.
On Saturday 07 December 2019 21:54:46 William Morder via trinity-users
wrote:
On Saturday 07 December 2019 18:42:25 Gene Heskett
wrote:
Before that I had stopped kmail, removed ALL index files and restarted
kmail. Took it about 20 minutes to open a window and advise me 3 of the
indices were old or missing, which they weren't. I let it run till I
could see by the times that it was in the 3rd loop of rebuilding them.
So Just for S&G, I made an OldMail directory, and since the biggest index
file was for debian-user list, and all the file dates were from
thanksgiving day 2018 and newer. I moved anything dated before Jan 1
2019 into this invisible to kmail old directory. Before I was done,
kmail suddenly decided the indexes were good and shut the reindexing
off. And has not restarted. Yet that index file has not shrunk, so I'm
going to kill it and restart kmail.
On Saturday 07 December 2019 21:05:09 William
Morder via
trinity-users
wrote:
Due to a combination of weird circumstances, I am running 32-bit, so
you could be right. But I intend to upgrade in the next few months, so
that I can get into the latest Debian/Devuan releases, Buster, etc.
On Saturday 07 December 2019 16:16:30 Gene
Heskett wrote:
Just this past week I went looking for something in the emc list,
and found the msg in the folder for 2012. Thats admittedly a bit
old, but it answered the question. Normal searches are usually hit
in the same year as current.
On Saturday 07 December 2019 18:11:26 E. Liddell
wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 12:02:31 -0500
>
> Gene Heskett <gheskett(a)shentel.net> wrote:
> > On Saturday 07 December 2019 10:05:31 Michael wrote:
> > > “touch” will let you change Access and Modify datetimes.
> >
> > Humm, but I want to modify the creation times, to make that
> > equal arrival time from the date/time of arrival from
> > $servername in the header. Even the pinfo version can only
> > diddle access (atime) and modify time (mtime) but no mention
> > of ctime is made. That sounds like I am screwed. Do we have
> > anything which can diddle the ctime's?
>
> From the look of it, it's intentionally difficult to modify on
> command. Calling chown on the file will set the ctime to the
> current time (even if the file's ownership isn't actually
> changed), so you can diddle the system time then do that.
> Most of the other methods seem to involve debugfs, virtual
> machines, and other exotica.
>
> You know, if you don't need access to all of your old email
> constantly, you could just turn your mail directory into a
> symlink, split the last year or two of mail off into a
> separate directory from the older stuff and point the symlink
> there, and redirect the symlink if you need the older mail.
> Or split the older mail off into a separate user account.
> Because it really seems like you're going to a lot of trouble
> for very little return here.
I'm forced to agree. But if I have to do that, its likely I'll
just jump ship to claws or even (spit) t-bird. This has been
bugging me off and on for at least 5 years, and I've been mostly
ignored, sent hundreds of crash reports all to no avail as far
as solving the problem is concerned. Paypal has no clue who Tim
is, so I've not been able to contribute, which bothers the hell
outta me as a firm believer in TANSTAAFL. Not having paid my
dues, I don't feel like I can demand.
Wrong list, but can claws handle a 20+ gig corpus of email
stretching back 20 years?
> E. Liddell
Thanks, E. Lidell
Myself, I would archive the "really" old stuff (everything older
than some arbitrary date). Put it somewhere safe, like on a
separate drive, or at least in a separate folder, so that Kmail
doesn't get into it.
Best guess is that it is just the size of your archive that is
causing the problems. How often do you actually search back into
your archives for an email older than, say, 6 months or a year
past? If you need to search the archives, deal with
that problem as the
need arises, rather than fighting this same losing battle, over
and over, for little or no useful purpose.
By the way, I have used Claws and Sylpheed just a little. (I
believe Sylpheed was forked from Claws, or the other way around.)
I was interested in getting a cross-platform email client, so that
I could use a portable app on a flash drive, if I am ever out and
about. They
work okay, but they lack the functionality of Kmail.
Thats been my impression also. And I think the problems with kmail
are directly related to its 32 bit parentage. If someone were to go thru it
and size every pointer or counter for a 64 bit system, I'd bet a
case of your favorite suds this would all go away.
That would be Guinness Stout, either real draught (a keg, not in the
cans), or the regular bottles. I am also aching to find Guinness
(Russian) Imperial Stout. I hear it is really something.
Damn, now I will have to go out to get some Guinness, and I blame it
all on you, Gene.
But it might take 2 or 3
man/months to check and adjust it all. And THAT isn't going to be
done just because those coders love it, they like eating and
sleeping in warm houses etc too. Its past time we users spoke with
our wallets again. Paypal has since improved their service, so I've
got another hundred bucks to go with the hundred I tried to give the
last time Tim asked for money. All I need is a paypal address that
works.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
Yup, I promised to send a donation for the Trinity project, and it is
a point of honor, but now I am wondering where to send the money. I
would prefer just to send a check (or cheque), or at least use my
credit card, rather than PayPal.
Bill
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