On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Lefteris Chatzibarbas wrote: > > UW imapd declines to accept nesting more than 50 deep. Instead of nesting > > 50 deep, you could OR two groups that nest 25 deep and get the same > > effect. > By that you mean to send 2 SEARCH commands with less that 50 deep nesting > each? Is that right?
No, I mean doing: OR (OR FROM "a" OR FROM "b" FROM "c") OR FROM "d" OR FROM "e" FROM "f" instead of OR FROM "a" OR FROM "b" OR FROM "c" OR FROM "d" OR FROM "e" FROM "f" In other words, break the chain into smaller chains. > I forgot to mention that my SEARCH commands were just examples in order > to show the problem, and such queries would probably be useless... > > Anyway, are there any plans to remove this limitation? Perhaps you should give me a real example of why you feel the limitation should be removed. The intention of the limitation is to block abusive search requests. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
