why does mutt take so long to load my python folder?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 18Nov2022 09:38, Kevin J. McCarthy <kevin at 8t8.us> wrote:
>>   source ~/rc/mutt/aliases-auto
>>8407 aliases, nearly 2MB in size :-)
>>
>>Really, it is a bit excessive. Particularly since I think I don't 
>>ever use aliases anyway.
>
>Yes, Mutt's internal structures used for aliases are not designed for 
>that many.  It could lead to quite a slowdown in some circumstances.  
>Do you have $reverse_alias set in your config?

Yes, but it doesn't seem to affect things in terms of loading the 
folder.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>