in reply to Mail::Box fails miserably when trying to open 30_000 messages maildir
I strongly suggest joining the Mail::Box mailing list (see perl.overmeer.net) and posting your issue to the list -- the module author, Mark Overmeer, and many knowledgeable users are pretty quick to respond.
-xdg
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