How to set mutt config file muttrc to fetch less message headers

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I only need to check first 200 emails or last 3 months emails in mutt or neomutt,

Is there a method to set in muttrc config file in /home/user/.config/mutt/muttrc ?

Waiting too long time for fetch 8794 mails .

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I only know toggle time order by : set sort= 'reverse-date'
 
Not sure, but you can create a ~/.mutt_cache file. I think the first time it still takes awhile but after that it speeds it up a great deal. I cover it slightly in my mutt page in the middle of the IMAP section. http://srobb.net/mutt.html#IMAP (or just search mutt_cache on the page.)
 
Thanks scottro,
ghacks.net also have a explain:
Nov 23, 2019 · set] spoolfile = +INBOX You may have noticed that mutt takes a long time to start up (fetching message headers). To reduce this, you can set up the cache using the command set header_cache = ~/.cache/mutt
 
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