[MlMt] very slow autofill of addresses

[aisrael]

Thanks Bill, I will modify the mailboxes that MM will look at.
A

On 28 Jan 2024, at 16:43, Bill Cole wrote:

> 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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