Found this handy hint how to speed up your Mail.app program in Mac OS X. Haven't seen it anywhere before, so here the link: http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/.
Befor you begin, quit the Mail.app program! Now, see how big your e-mail database is. Run the following command in Terminal:
ls -lah ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index
After this run:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum .exit
Wait awhile, and after the command quits, see how big your mailbox is now:
ls -lah ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index
That's all folks! My mailbox went from 42 MB to 38 MB, but most important, the program now feels much snappier to use.
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