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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:12:56 +0100
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Subject: Re: gmail importer script
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: Patrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com>
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It seems to work, but i'm still waiting for the first run-through.

>
> Downloading messages: 457 of 22831|
>
> This takes ages. I hope it doesn't try to re-download all my messages
> everytime.
>

Nope. It's very smart about not doing that.


>
> Another thing:
> It seems that throughout its run, your script locks the notmuch database.
> This is particularly
> annoying if you want to read/tag mails while waiting for a long
> sync-process. I think you only
> really want to lock the index for a short time in the end.
> Do you write to the index directly after a msg is downloaded?
>

I tried to solve this by closing and opening the database each time, but it
actually reduced the performance considerably -- even slower than the gmail
download.

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It seems to work, but i&#39;m still waiting for the first run-through.<br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
Downloading messages: 457 of 22831|<br>
<br>
This takes ages. I hope it doesn&#39;t try to re-download all my messages e=
verytime.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Nope. It&#39;s very smart abo=
ut not doing that.</div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<br>
Another thing:<br>
It seems that throughout its run, your script locks the notmuch database. T=
his is particularly<br>
annoying if you want to read/tag mails while waiting for a long sync-proces=
s. I think you only<br>
really want to lock the index for a short time in the end.<br>
Do you write to the index directly after a msg is downloaded?<br></blockquo=
te><div><br></div><div>I tried to solve this by closing and opening the dat=
abase each time, but it actually reduced the performance considerably -- ev=
en slower than the gmail download.</div>
<div>=A0</div></div>

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