Ashley Yakeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the best way for an IMAP client to detect recently arrived mail > in a hierarchy of around a thousand mailbox folders? Should it do a > SELECT on each one periodically? Or should it open up 1000 connections, > SELECT a folder and do IDLE on each one? > > Or is there some other method?
Using STATUS or EXAMINE is faster on most servers.
