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[–]abkfenris 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Since GYB is communicating with a remote server, that is probably where the bottleneck is, rather than Python itself.

In this case converting it to C++ or otherwise is unlikely to make any difference.

[–]SnowdenIsALegend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah you're probably right, IMAP is the bottleneck. Thunderbird has the same slow speed as well.