On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:44:00 +0100 Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek Martin wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 02:28:24AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > >>> Right now, on my system, t-bird is using 76MB RES & 200MB VIRT > >>> memory. :( > >>> > >> And I thought that sylpheed-claws-gtk2 is using too much at 17MB > >> resources and 38MB virtual. Reminds me why I stopped using T-bird > >> and a bunch of others. > >> > > > > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND > > 18782 foo 15 0 3360 3356 1704 S 0.0 2.6 0:04 0 mutt > > > > This is one huge advantage of Mutt. The memory footprint is > > unbelievably small, particularly in light of how much power it offers. > > > > > But that is not a fair comparison with T-bird... what about all the > other programs you must use to get the same functionality? >
But fetchmail only runs once in a while (I use cron for that). Procmail runs only when needed by fetchmail, etc. My problem was with the editor, I prefer emacs to vim, but it starts up to slowly so I used it with emacsclient but that raised memory requirements way up by another 30 megs or so. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
