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Agreed on most counts, but you may want to send this to Ritlabs using the Support menu above. This is a user-2-user forum and they don't follow our discussions.

You can find instructions to turn the slow indexing off in this forum.

The explanation for slowing performance is not necessarily programming skill, it happens commonly in software that has been maintained for more than 2 decades and grown overly complex. At some point, a full rewrite becomes necessary (in parallel to ongoing maintenance of the existing code), which is very difficult to achieve for small teams and solo operations.
20 October 2024 19:43:34, Daniel van Rooijen.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic16425/message57223/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic16425/message57223/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:43:34 +0300 The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client A criticism to TheBat! (2024) in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
I have owned the mail program since 2000.
With 24 years of use, a criticism must be made to you.
1- The programming skills of the first generation of the program were exceptionally better than those of 2024.
2- The introduction of new features in recent years has worsened the quality of the speed of execution of the program.
3- The use of ram and cpu times has increased inexplicably. A 2000 CPU performed better on your 2000 application, That a 2024 CPU on the 2024 application...
4- The "Message Base Index" that starts from ZERO every time the program is started. This testifies to a real bad engineering of the application. This system dramatically slows down your application and makes the experience of using TheBat very bad.
5- The integration within TheBat to view particular file types is interesting, but right now it is better to save the attachments, scan them with the antivirus and then open them.

I understand the need to innovate, but innovating does not mean programming without optimization: you cannot build a program that requires an intel I9 to make 2+2 in 2024, while in 2000 an intel 8086 was enough...

I will continue to use your application, but honestly more than innovation it would take more optimization.

Best regards
20 October 2024 15:04:49, Fabio Tomasello.]]> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic16425/message57220/ http://www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/forum4/topic16425/message57220/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:04:49 +0300 The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client