Timo Sirainen wrote: > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 18:21, Steve Hole wrote: > > > That's what I meant with "fetching BODY", except I remembered BODY was > > > enough. But still, fetching BODYSTRUCTURE is pretty much useless > > > cpu/bandwidth usage just for one paperclip icon. > > > > No, it's not. > > > > A well written client should fetch BODYSTRUCTURE as preferentially before > > fetching any other body data. > > But if I'm just browsing message headers, only thing I need is ENVELOPE. > BODYSTRUCTURE is needed only when actually opening the message.
? > > The amount of bandwidth used in the > > fetch, with the possible exception of handheld devices (which are > > exceedingly unlikely to be able to display attachment data anyway), is > > simply a non-issue. For the vast majority of mail clients in use it is > > round trips that kill -- latency, not bandwidth. > > It's also unnecessary job for server if it's not really needed. Many servers cache BODYSTRUCTURE responses, so it is fast. Regards, Alexey __________________________________________ R & D, ACI Worldwide/MessagingDirect Watford, UK Work Phone: +44 1923 81 2877 Home Page: http://orthanc.ab.ca/mel I speak for myself only, not for my employer. __________________________________________
