https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726206 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726206#c0 Summary: Akonadi uses too much disk space Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: KDE4 Applications AssignedTo: kde-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: suse-beta@cboltz.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- I have a mailstore (~/Mail, a mix of maildir and mailbox folders) containing about 5 GB of mails, most of them from mailinglists (which means lots of short mails, not too many attachments). Akonadi uses (wastes?) about 2.5 GB of disk space for indexing them :-( (and KMail seems to be even slower than in KDE 4.6, but that's another topic) I'm sorry to say that, but the only word that describes using additional 50% of the mail size for indexing is "insane" ;-) # du -h ~/.local/share/akonadi/ # except directories < 1 MB 1,5G /home/cb/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/akonadi 1,7G /home/cb/.local/share/akonadi/db_data 803M /home/cb/.local/share/akonadi/file_db_data 2,5G /home/cb/.local/share/akonadi/ The files in file_db_data (lots of files with some kB) seem to be copies of mail headers. Isn't that pointless for mails that are stored locally? Additionally, all mail headers are stored in the akonadi database - that probably explains why the database is that large, but it's still crazy. For example, I don't see the need for caching the "Received:" headers in the database - and mailinglist posts have lots of them... BTW: my mail accounts are all POP3 - the only exception: I used IMAP for some days after updating from openSUSE 11.4 to 12.1 beta. I'd guess I accessed a total mail volume of 30 MB over IMAP. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.