Version: 1.7.1 (using KDE 3.2.3, Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker) Compiler: gcc version 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux 10.1 3.4.1-4mdk) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.8.1-12mdk Every now and then (~5 minutes) kmail scans all my local folders. Since my local folders contain ~20000 messages in total this slows down the system directly through disk accesses and indirectly through flushing file system caches. It seems all folders are read through (strace'd kontact), even very old archives that are not used by any filters.
It also used huge amounts of CPU, not just disk.
Do you use the expire function?
No, I don't use the expire function
Any search folders?
Yes, one. (implicitly created). I'll remove it and see.
It was the search folder. Is it necessary to create the search folder? I'm not using it directly. I'm invoking the search funtion which gives me a dialog. I don't want a permanent search folder to be established for that.
Yes we need to create a search folder. But you can delete it afterwards of course. And if you don't rename it it will be deleted when you close kmail.
I never renamed it and it wasn't deleted.
This change probably hasn't made it downstream to you yet. kmkernel.cpp revision 1.264 date: 2004/04/14 08:31:19; author: sanders; state: Exp; lines: +5 -0 Be conservative and remove the 'Last Search' folder at start up. Don.
Hm, I have kdepim 3.5.9 and "last search" folder isn't deleted at startup.