2008/11/7 Timo Sirainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 14:37 +0200, Warren Baker wrote: >> But if we fetch the latest 25 messages, Dovecot will fetch the lowest >> UID in the list first, so from the example above it would fetch UID >> 171,172,173 and so on. Courier on the other hand would start the fetch >> on UID 195,194,193 and so on. >> >> We have an internal developed webmail application that has been >> affected by this change, so I am just wondering whether there is a >> interim fix while we fix our webmail application to cater for this. > > Not really. I'm sure you'll have your webmail code fixed before you > could have changed Dovecot to return results in different order.. > > Or you could of course have your webmail code issue commands a bit > differently. Rather than: > > a FETCH 3,2,1 .. > > Issue: > > a FETCH 3 .. > b FETCH 2 .. > c FETCH 1 .. > > The latter is less efficient of course.
Yes of course - was just wondering whether there might be some hidden config option. You are absolutely correct though that webmail would be fixed quicker :) Are there any guidelines for IMAP servers indicating what the fetch order should be? In the mean time thanks for the suggestions Timo! Warren
