On 6/18/04 12:15 PM, "Dan Crevier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> So if the server doesn't support it, does it first download to cache in >> order to search, or show an error, or give false negatives? > > I think you can't get to the search dialog at all if your server doesn't > support it. That sounds very sensible. > >> Are there any servers that can search message body and attachments? If so, >> shouldn't IMAP rules have Message Body and Attachment criteria - especially >> if the fall-back is to download to cache if the server can't search? > > I'm not sure. > >> Or is there some other reason why IMAP Rules do not offer Message Body and >> Attachment criteria? I always assumed it was because a message had to be >> decoded first. > > This wouldn't help with an IMAP rule to look at the body. We wouldn't > want to issue a server side search on every message we received. That > would be incredibly inefficient. OK, that's what I was wondering - especially if some severs can search and others can't. The reason I was asking is that people have often requested the possibility of checking at least for attachment names and extensions to allow them to delete and not download a message if there's a chance it might be a virus. Server-side checking would be the only way to do that, so this intrigued me. If the IMAP message would have to be downloaded first to check, there's not much point. While Message Body and Attachments criteria would still be as handy to have in IMAP as in POP, it's certainly less important than it would be if this could be discerned while still on the server. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP Entourage Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
