[Evolution] Re: Evolution slow to send new message

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

someone just reminded me that if the system is slow with hostname
lookups then autosave can 'hang' for a few seconds (autosave has to set
a Message-Id header which includes your local machine's hostname)

Jeff

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 16:36, Thomas Spuhler wrote:
> This is from a standard Mandrake 9.2 installation:
>
> # hdparm -c -d /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
>  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>
> Tom
>
> On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 14:14, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > perhaps your drive isn't in 32bit mode w/ DMA
> >
> > hdparm -c -d /dev/<drive>
> >
> > what does that say? you might need to rebuild your kernel with support
> > for these if you don't already.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 13:43, J Black wrote:
> > > This is another period of time when Evolution freezes for a few seconds,
> > > which is annoying if I'm trying to do something like delete the message
> > > or drag it to a local folder.   By contrast, when the status bar says
> > > "retrieving messages..." (or is it "fetching messages...") this does not
> > > block other activity.
> > >
> > > - Jesse
> > > __________________________
> > > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 06:27, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > > connecting to the smtp server and sending the message? the "Saving
> > > > message to folder" mesg is probably when it is moving the message from
> > > > Outbox to Sent.
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 03:20, J Black wrote:
> > > > > I'm using Evolution 1.4.4 on Mandrake 9.2 on a fairly fast system, yet
> > > > > when I type a plain-text message, it takes about 7 seconds from the time
> > > > > I click the Send button until it appears in my Outbox (The word Outbox
> > > > > goes bold and a (1) appears next to it).  During this time, the status
> > > > > bar at the bottom of the window says something like "Saving message to
> > > > > folder...".  After that it leaves my outbox quickly.
> > > > >
> > > > > All my folders, settings, home directory, etc. are on fast local disk, I
> > > > > have 512 MB RAM, etc.  Spellcheck is disabled.  It always behaves like
> > > > > this when I send messages, and it happens even if I have only 1 or 2
> > > > > addresses in the "To:" list.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this to be expected, or is there something wrong?
> > > > > What's it doing that takes so long?
> > > > >
> > > > > - Jesse
> > > > >
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