Re: [fetchmail-devel] imap: introduce imapsearchmax parameter

[Andrea R. <rig...@gm...>]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:41:04AM +0530, Sunil Shetye wrote:
> > > Could you please send your imap server CAPABILITY
> > string?
> > 
> > * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID
> > XLIST CHILDREN
> > * X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE
> 
> ...
> 
> > > 1. Parse the response to the SELECT command:
> 
> Please send from the IMAP logs the output of the SELECT command. You will find something like:
> 
> IMAP> A0001 SELECT "INBOX"
> ....
> IMAP< A0001 OK SELECT completed

- when there's no new mail:

A0001 SELECT "INBOX"
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen \*)]
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 2]
* 518298 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDNEXT 652167]
A0001 OK [READ-WRITE] INBOX selected. (Success)

- when there's at least one new mail:

A0001 SELECT "INBOX"
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen \*)]
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 2]
* 518299 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDNEXT 652168]
A0001 OK [READ-WRITE] INBOX selected. (Success)

> 
> The whole section is required. Please copy them for two cases:
> 
> - When there is atleast one new mail in the folder
> 
> - When there are no new mails in the folder
> 
> Are you also using IDLE? That could require more IMAP logs from your end around the IDLE command.

No, I don't.

> 
> > > 2. Send a STATUS command
> 
> The STATUS command might be a bit expensive as it will scan the folder again. There could also be an issue of mismatch between the open folder and the current status of that folder.

OK.

> 
> > > 3. Send an extended SEARCH command
> 
> This is not supported by your server as it is not advertised in the CAPABILITY string. Implementing this will not help you.

OK.

Thanks,
-Andrea