speed up your Apple Mail app

I found a good tipp for fasten up your email application in mac os x with an easy trick:

open Terminal
cd ~/Library/Mail
sqlite3 Envelope\ Index
vacuum subjects;
press Control-D to leave sqlite3

thanks to hawkwings.net for the tipp
http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/

From schwendinger (17) posted on March 4, 2007 in Mac OSX and Uncategorized | Meet schwendinger on Google Talk
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oliver ruhm, wz-bfg says on March 14th, 2007 at 2:27 pm

thanks for the tip! i actually did not find out in which terms my mail speeded up, but my trust for lovely systems knows no end.
phranck says on June 19th, 2007 at 11:36 pm

Not the latest kick, but this can also be done even shorter:

$ sqlite3 “~/Library/Mail/Envelope Index” vacuum

The hole same thing in just one line.
Wild greetings from the german side of ‘Lake Constance’… (-:

:wq!
phranck

speed up your Apple Mail app

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