[Evolution-users] How to speed up generating list

[Milan Crha]

On Sun, 2025-04-06 at 22:37 +0200, Michael S. via evolution-users
wrote:
> I have 7 message filters and 1 search folder. What else do you need?

	Hi,
the message filters might be fine and unrelated for the folder opening,
unless they block the message list generation for some reason, like due
to being slow or something like that, but even if, entering the folder
the next time, when there is no pending new message, should be quick.

What the search you entered look like precisely, please? You can avoid
the search term (like if searching for "grandma", then use "xxx" or
anything else).

You can also run Evolution with the IMAP debugging on, to see whether
it tries to run a server-side search first and whether it's waiting for
the result from the server. That would be, with the Flatpak version:

   flatpak kill org.gnome.Evolution
   CAMEL_DEBUG=imapx:io flatpak kill org.gnome.Evolution

Once it's started, enter one of the problematic folders and check what
had been added on the terminal, if anything. There could be a SEARCH
command, possibly in upper case, when doing a server-side search.

Speaking of the blocked operations due to waiting for other operations,
how many concurrent connects do you have enabled for this IMAP account,
please? These can help in parallel operations, a new connection is used
when another is busy. Some servers do not like it, thus the default is
at 3 connections and I sometimes advise the users to limit it only to
one, when the server (or evo itself) misbehaves with more concurrent
connections.

	Bye,
	Milan