Following up to myself with clarifications and corrections: On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 12:23:24AM -0400, Mordechai T. Abzug wrote:
> (S5) Each time an email arrives at a server (via SMTP or IMAP, not via > replication), the server generates a new UID using scheme from > part (S1) that is greater than any value currently in high_saved, > for any server. Then, for each server_id other than itself, it > creates a row in process_message_queue. Then, update high_saved > with the new UID. Clarification: the new UID must be greater than any value currently KNOWN LOCALLY in high_saved. Because of race conditions or network outages, the local high_saved table might be out-of-date with respect to other servers. That's OK, we'll compensate for it later. > (S7) When the user client connects and wants the last UID, first > perform step (S6). Correction: first perform step (S6) for the mailbox in question; don't need to waste time cleaning out the whole message table. - Morty
