[Alpine-info] slow Fetching folder data ...

[Lucio Chiappetti via Alpine-info]

Eduardo Chappa:


>   [X]  Expanded View of Folders

> [...] disable it


It is already disabled

On Mon, 20 Oct 2025, Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info wrote:


> Besides what Eduardo says, gmail imap is slower than other providers.

> Maybe keeping the INBOX small helps.


The inbox on the gmail imap (listed in the incoming folders) in the 
current configuration is de facto always empty, since I've set it to 
automatically forward to a third party, more fetchmail-friendly.

The inbox of the third party in turn is also usually virtually empty (it 
is fetched every 5 min ... so it contains just messages "in transit" ... 
one of the great things with Alpine is that I can access them before they 
are fetched ... useful for form-submission confirmations and alike).

My inbox never has more than 30-40 messages.

Of the OTHER folders on the gmail imap (in a dedicated folder collection), 
the Spam one contains some 20-30 messages (last month ? spam, 
auto-purged), and the Bin one contains the traffic of the last day (the 
auto-forward unforturnately does not purge them but stores in Bin). They 
are accessed via Alpine once per day (and Bin is cleared). No other 
folders used.

I have however plenty (hundreds) of local folders "by subject", in several 
directories.

The "delay" as I say is sporadic. Some days yes, most days no delay.
And I can overcome if I do NOT type the master password (do not use the L 
command) but use just the G command and do not enter the non-local folder 
collections.

Thanks anyhow.