From c69131e64510809f730c595b9f8906d5c78ae66d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: djcb Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 12:48:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mu4e/doc: extend notes about speeding up indexing --- mu4e/mu4e.texi | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e.texi b/mu4e/mu4e.texi index 3663d770..e23dd62b 100644 --- a/mu4e/mu4e.texi +++ b/mu4e/mu4e.texi @@ -520,9 +520,9 @@ because you are running your own mail-server, you can leave @subsection Speeding up indexing If you have a large number of e-mail messages in your store, -(re)indexing might take a while. The defaults for indexing are to ensure -that we always have correct, up-to-date information about your messages, -even if other programs have modified the Maildir. +(re)indexing might take a while. The defaults for indexing are to +ensure that we always have correct, up-to-date information about your +messages, even if other programs have modified the Maildir. The downside of this thoroughness (which is the default) is that it is relatively slow, something that can be noticeable with large e-mail @@ -536,8 +536,11 @@ corpa. For a faster approach, you can use the following: In many cases, the mentioned thoroughness might not be needed, and these settings give a very significant speed-up. Note that you can of course -occasionally run a thorough indexing round. For further details, please -refer to the @t{mu-index} manpage. +occasionally run a thorough indexing round. + +For further details, please refer to the @t{mu-index} manpage; in +particular, see @t{.noindex} and @t{.noupdate} which can help reducing +the indexing time. @subsection Example setup