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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#38749: general slowness and excessive memory usage
From:       harri.pasanen () trema ! com
Date:       2002-02-27 18:24:09
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Package: kmail
Version: 1.3.2 (using KDE 2.2.2 )
Severity: wishlist
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
Compiler:          gcc version 2.96 
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: Mandrake 8.1

KMail in KDE 2.2.2 has my favourite user interface of Linux mailers, but currently \
I've switched to using Mahogany.

Why:

KMail seems to hog memory and can be very sluggish.  For my mailboxes:

SIZE   RSS  %MEM COMMAND
82788  40M  16.4 kmail

For some reason disposing for instance the compose window takes always over 5 \
seconds.  Similarly exiting from kmail takes often 5-10 seconds.  Almost as if there \
was a timer waiting for 5 secs before each action.

In comparison Mahogany:
SIZE   RSS  %MEM COMMAND
8584   8584  3.3 M

Closing down Mahogany windows is instantaneous. It has its share of display problems \
and other 'features' that annoy me, but due to the responsiveness I still prefer \
using it to KMails nicer more coherent interface.

Shouldn't be my machine:  Dual Pentium III, 866MHz, 256Mb RAM, SMP 2.4.x kernel.

Any speculation why it is sluggish?

Regards,

Harri










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