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Expand Up @@ -7536,9 +7536,10 @@ A list of mail plugins to load.`
default: '0',
values: setting_types.UINT,
text: `
The number of messages to try to prefetch whenever possible. Depending on
the (remote) storage latency, this may significantly speed up performance
when reading many mails. The exact behavior depends on the mailbox format:
The number of messages to try to prefetch whenever possible. \`0\` means that
no prefetching is done. Depending on the (remote) storage latency, this may
significantly speed up performance when reading many mails. The exact behavior
depends on the mailbox format:

* [[link,mbox]], [[link,mdbox]]: No effect in behavior.
* [[link,sdbox]], [[link,maildir]]: Call
Expand All @@ -7550,11 +7551,7 @@ when reading many mails. The exact behavior depends on the mailbox format:
commands, while with [[setting,mail_prefetch_count,1]] they would be
combined into a single \`FETCH 1:2 BODY.PEEK[]\` command. The downside is
that each mail uses a file descriptor and disk space in
[[setting,mail_temp_dir]].

For imapc, a good value is likely between \`10..100\`.

\`0\` means that no prefetching is done.`
[[setting,mail_temp_dir]]. A good value is likely between \`10..100\`.`
},

mail_privileged_group: {
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