Re: Mulberry-discuss Digest, Vol 86, Issue 5

On 4/20/2015 11:04 AM, David Gessel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I run both TB and mulberry, frequently simultaneously. Here's my take
> on the two:

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> Thunderbird does some very tricky things with background sync, but
> they're ultimately too clever and as a user with large mailboxes, I
> still suffer through extended lock-outs while working.

Yes, much of TB's single-threadedness can be anywhere form just annoying
to downright infuriating, but as long as you know what is going on, you
can generally deal with it in most cases...

> Further, T-bird still has some problematic memory leaks and memory
> consumption. Currently on my system Firefox is using 622MB, Tbird 423
> MB, and Mulberry... 17.5 MB. Yes, that's correct: Mulberry is using
> 4% as much memory as Tbird. System uptime is about 12 hours. Both
> programs have been running since restart.

No argument here either, and that is very impressive (Mulberry's memory
usage)...

No program is perfect (sad to say)...

> I have been contemplating a solution for disconnected mode using 
> OfflineIMAP - I have hesitated because I still run windows as my
> laptop OS (a few programs require it) and I don't have a fast enough
> computer to comfortably run windows in a VM for those annoying
> programs yet.  This means that running a local IMAP server is less
> familiar to me than it would be on in a *nix environment (though
> hmailserver looks like an option). However, OfflineIMAP can sync over
> IMAP to a Maildir folder and this is why Tbird 38's pending support
> for Maildir is exciting (well, that and no longer having to
> retransfer a 5G mailbox because something farted).

What I do is make my Inbox fully offline, but I always keep it clean.
Anything that isn't filed into folders by any of my filters (a bunch of
them) is dealt with quickly and either deleted or filed.

> No need, then, for the local IMAP server layer between the MUA and
> the local mail cache, but still fully divorced MUA from a
> background-synced local mail copy.

Running a local IMAP server is indeed the ideal solution to disconnected
mode, but it also sounds like Mulberry behaves much better than
Thunderbird. I think a lot of TBs problems you are describing can be
attributed to its sing-threaded model, and hopefully this will be
getting better (as well as the memory leak bugs) over time...

Anyway, thanks for the extra info...