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Date:      Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:26:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Emacs E-Mail Slow
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411002613.28437v-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199804110617.XAA04228@ix.netcom.com>

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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Thomas Dean wrote:

> I have been using Emacs 19.34.1 for E-Mail.  After processing about a
> hundred messages and being on line for an hour, or so, things get very
> slow.  Getting mail from /var/mqueue/* takes a long time.  It takes
> 20 to 30 seconds to sort a hundred headers.
> 
> If I save RMAIL, delete the buffer, and, read mail, things return to
> normal.

Sounds like a memory leak in Emacs.  I'd suggest a different mail agent.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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