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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Kmail slow
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () conectiva ! com ! ar>
Date:       2000-06-12 12:20:44
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Thomas wrote:

> > > 
> > > Aah, while I remember I also need the database to keep a tree structure and 
> > > incrementally update it for threaded message views.
> > 
> > That's easy :) Just keep a parent id with each mail header. And perhaps also
> > a child id for better performance.
> 
> Maybe have a 'tree' table which containts:
> Parent    INTEGER
> Child     INTEGER
> Sequence  INTEGER
> 
> 
> Where parent is a unique id for the parent message/folder
> child is the id for message
> sequence is there so sorting can be remembered. 

Hmmm... these things have all been invented already :-)

> This option will allow you to have a message present in multiple trees. 
> So a filter could put a message in the global kdevel box and in the "kmail slow" 
> thread. Moving the message to the "received" box would only add one entry to the
> tree table.
> 
> > > 
> > > Anyway I think it's a good idea, and definitely worth researching.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> I only want everyone to be aware of one thing.
> 
> - Procmail and friends will no longer work

Oh, they can. Just run a import program after running procmail.
Or make procmail pipe messages into a import program instead of putting
them in the folders.
Or hack procmail to add another delivery mechanism :-)

> - The sysadmin can no longer look into your email ;-)

That's what the subsql tool was invented for ;-)

> - Reading your email with anything besides kmail will no longer work. (unless we
>   auto export)

Right.

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