Speed up Mail.app

[Gregor Alessi]

Hi all

There were discussions in the past about Mail.app getting slow when  
the boxes were filling.

I just found this via digg and think this might help some of you too:
http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/

The results here were amazing.

In short:
quit Mail.app, open Terminal
sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index
at the prompt, type
vacuum subjects;
wait til the prompt returns and quit sqlite with ctrl-D
launch Mail.app

It might be a good idea to make a backup of your Mail folder *before*  
attempting this.


Regards

Gregor