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| Date | 2012-01-18 18:22 +0000 |
|---|---|
| From | Nick Roberts <tigger@orpheusinternet.co.uk> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.apps |
| Subject | Re: Email recovery, from a backed up NewsDir |
| Message-ID | <39db9a5352.tigger@bc63.orpheusinternet.co.uk> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <5071e95252.chris@o2.co.uk> <38afee5252.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> <00ed105352.chris@o2.co.uk> <mpro.lxyl5e00qai2o01dq.news@stevefryatt.org.uk> <ce735e5352.Matthew@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> |
| Organization | Orpheus Internet Services |
In message <ce735e5352.Matthew@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk>
Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <mpro.lxyl5e00qai2o01dq.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>
> on 17 Jan 2012 Steve Fryatt wrote:
>
> > In !NewsDir.MsgServe.Config set CompressionCutoff=0 (I think; like Chris,
> > it's been a while). It won't work retrospectively, AFAIK, so what's
> > compressed is compressed.
>
> Is there much of a speed boost from using this option? The main
> thing I noticed when moving from NewsBase for storage, many years ago
> now, was how slow newsgroup expiry became, and I had assumed this was
> because of rewriting big compressed files. NewsBase saved messages
> in individual files, which saved a lot of time when deleting, but of
> course probably used rather more disc space especially as most of
> these files are small.
I don't know whether it applies to news expiry, but I found that
disabling "Enabling waste basket for news" (Advance options, General)
made a significant difference to how long it took to delete large
numbers of news posts.
If you have this setting on, it may be worthwhile disabling it and
seeing if expiry is faster.
--
Nick Roberts tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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