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[12:22:02 CST(-0600)] <athena1> definitely appreciate the report - i don't know offhand what's causing that slowness
[12:22:17 CST(-0600)] <athena1> wondering if maybe it's trying to use headers to order messages?
[12:22:35 CST(-0600)] <dd_> looking for an option similar to this http://code.google.com/p/email-preview-portlet/wiki/ConfigurationGuide portlets max.total.messages property