[Users] [Bug 3472] New: 8500 mails in inbox

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:40:29 +0000, noreply at thewildbeast.co.uk wrote:
>http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3472
>
>            Bug ID: 3472
>           Summary: 8500 mails in inbox
>    Classification: Unclassified
>           Product: Claws Mail
>           Version: 3.10.1
>          Hardware: PC
>                OS: Windows 7
>            Status: NEW
>          Severity: normal
>          Priority: P3
>         Component: POP3
>          Assignee: users at lists.claws-mail.org
>          Reporter: mbaass at web.de
>
>might not be a bug - inbox doesn't open after downloading 85000 mails
>(installation is new). Download worked without problems by POP3. But
>when clicking on inbox CLAW gets inresponsive.
>Just too many mails for a POP3 account ? Any other program failed
>already at download. I may have to use a mailserver to get those mails.
>(On Vista  - not Windows 7; but that probably doesn't make a
>difference)

Sorry, I don't want to log in, so I reply to the list.
8,500 or 85,000? How long did you wait? After downloading 85,000 mails
by a POP account a MUA likely has much work to do, just for this
very first time. If you launch Claws in the future, you unlikely have to
wait again.