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Change Mail's sort order to remove folder opening delay
Authored by: wkoffel on Dec 26, '04 11:39:19AM

I think cclifton nailed it on this one.

When you change to a folder, especially in my case when using an IMAP server, Mail needs to sync your local mail cache with the remote server, and then build indexes of the mail (indexing happens even on non-remote accounts, I assume). The slower the machine, the longer all this will take.

There is a status bar above the message pane showing the progress, at least for downloading messages and caching attachments. During this process, the message list will "shift" around as Mail fills in items. If you sort earliest to latest, the shifting will happen out of view, giving the illusion that everything is snappier.

I make it a habit to click through all my stored folders maybe once a week when I'm just surfing the web to help Mail cache the messages that I've moved into those folders, so when I really need to dive into the folders to find mail, the process is more responsive.



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