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* make mag-msg-store a configurable parameter; refactor the setting of the

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xapian batch size
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Dirk-Jan C. Binnema
2011-01-15 13:27:41 +02:00
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@ -90,18 +90,22 @@ set the maximum number of messages to process in a single Xapian
transaction. In practice, this option is only useful if you find that \fBmu\fR
is running out of memory while indexing; in that case, you can set the batch
size to (for example) 1000, which will reduce memory consumption, but also
reduce performance.
substantially reduce the indexing performance.
.TP
\fB\-\-max-msg-size\fR=\fI<max msg size>\fR
set the maximum size (in bytes) for messages. The default maximum (currently
at 50Mb) should be enough in most cases, but if you encounter warnings from
\fBmu\fR about ignoring messsage because they are too big, you may want to
increase this. Note that the reason for having a maximum size is that big
message require big memory allocations, which may lead to problems.
.B NOTE:
It is generally not a good idea to run multiple instances of \fBmu index\fR
concurrently. No data loss should occur, but one or more of the instances may
experience errors due to database locks.
Furthermore, it is not recommended tot mix maildirs and sub-maildirs within
the hierarchy in the same database; for example, it's better not to index both
with \fB\-\-maildir\fR=~/MyMaildir and \fB\-\-maildir\fR=~/MyMaildir/foo, as
this may lead to unexpected results when searching with the the 'maildir:'
search parameter (see below).
It is not recommended tot mix maildirs and sub-maildirs within the hierarchy
in the same database; for example, it's better not to index both with
\fB\-\-maildir\fR=~/MyMaildir and \fB\-\-maildir\fR=~/MyMaildir/foo, as this
may lead to unexpected results when searching with the the 'maildir:' search
parameter (see below).
.SS A note on performance
As a non-scientific benchmark, a simple test on the authors machine (a