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I've heard gmail's data store makes this an expensive operation. It doesn't want to load all your messages and sort/page through them by their content. But can'
by trop 16y ago
I've heard gmail's data store makes this an expensive operation. It doesn't want to load all your messages and sort/page through them by their content. But can't give you a citation on this.
Presumably, this is why all views are chronological: it filters a time-indexed stream of messages.
- newman314 16y agoI don't buy this. Gmail allows you to sort/select using other parameters. This would simply be another search param. Note that I'm not disputing the fact that this may be an expensive operation. But I am able to go in through IMAP and issue the equivalent instructions, sort by size in client, then issue IMAP delete/purge requests, the net result is the same so why not enable this.