[MlMt] very slow autofill of addresses

[Bill Cole]

On 2024-01-28 at 05:50:40 UTC-0500 (Sun, 28 Jan 2024 11:50:40 +0100)
aisrael <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
is rumored to have said:

> Bill, just one question : when you write *at headers in a mailbox of 
> your selection (by default: ‘Recipient" headers of the Sent 
> aggregate mailbox.*), does it mean the messages that actually sit in 
> the Sent mailbox, or all messages which have actually been sent?

It looks at the headers of exactly one mailbox.

> The reason I am asking is that my sent messages don’t stay in the 
> Sent mailbox

Then, assuming that you haven't switched MM to look elsewhere, MM won't 
see them.


> (which is almost empty), as I distribute them in the relevant 
> mailboxes  (and I don’t .cc myself when I send a message, as it 
> unnecessarily duplicates emails).
>
> Alain
>
> On 27 Jan 2024, at 19:14, Bill Cole wrote:
>
>> On 2024-01-27 at 12:59:19 UTC-0500 (Sat, 27 Jan 2024 09:59:19 -0800)
>> Jo <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
>> is rumored to have said:
>>
>>> I don't know if this is a mailmate problem or a general mac problem, 
>>> but lately when I start typing an address/contact name in the 'to' 
>>> field, the lag time is ridiculous before it fills out the whole 
>>> address. I don't remember it being like this previously, and I 
>>> haven't added a bunch of emails to my contacts or anything. Is there 
>>> a cache to clear somewhere/somehow or something??
>>
>> MM looks (optionally) at your macOS contacts and at headers in a 
>> mailbox of your selection (by default: "Recipient" headers of the 
>> Sent aggregate mailbox.) It could be very slow if you have a very 
>> large address book OR if you have MM configured to use a very large 
>> reference mailbox. A tactic I use to control the huge number of items 
>> MM needs to pick from is that I created a smart mailbox that is just 
>> Sent items less than 2 years old, and I set MM (in 
>> Preferences->Composer) to reference that mailbox instead of my 
>> 30-year Sent mailbox.
>>
>> -- 
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