How big is too big for wordlist.db?

[hput]

Christian Ebert <bcc at phloxic.productions> writes:

> * hput on Saturday, October 09, 2021 at 10:25:10 -0400:
>> setup: Ubuntu-21.04
>> Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5470  @ 3.33GHz  32GB ram
>> For a long time user of bogofilter yet quite a novice with any real
>> skill in using it or adjusting... etc.
>> Having a 27 MB wordlist.db seems to slow down mail processing to a
>> some degree.
>>   ls -sh .bogofilter/
>> total 27M
>> 27M wordlist.db
>> I'd like to know how big is really getting up there with
>> wordlist.db?
>> And the simplest way to reduce its size?
>
> Did you try running bf_compact?
> https://bogofilter.sourceforge.io/faq.shtml#compact-database

Thx for the quick response.

Before I try that out, does anyone have something to input about the
27 MB size?

Is it within some kind of `normal' range?
Is 27 MB way big?