On 20 Nov 07, at 1146, Bron Gondwana wrote:

>
> The index files are pretty small, and they rebuild fast :)  They  
> get streamed
> into new copies every single expunge anyway.

What's involved in the rebuild?  I have users with tens of thousands  
of messages in a single mailbox, so delaying that open while it reads  
and indexes a few gigs is bad.  Does the rebuild need to open every  
message?  Read headers?  Bodies?  What?

ian

>
> Also, it will only upgrade each index as it is opened for the first  
> time, so
> the load isn't one giant hit.
>
> Bron.
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