https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56427
--- Comment #3 from Sebb <[email protected]> --- (In reply to sergio from comment #2) > a) using a checkbox to avoid downloading the bodies seems ok for me. OK > b) yes, at the time being, when you set the interface to download N messages > it downloads the oldest ones. > The point is, we need a way to know how many messages there are in the > mailbox: > what happens if I try to download 10 messages, but only 5 are present? It will only download 5. > I think we need an optional field with the name of the variable where to put > this info. Sorry, put what info? > c) the solutions you are proposing work well for me. > The actual case I'm thinking of is where I am simulating a user reading his > mail. > Every time one logs on, he downloads only the new messages, which can be > done if one knows how many messages there were previously (with some simple > math). Assuming no messages are removed in the meantime... I think MUAs normally use some kind of UID to keep track of the last message they read, but I'm not sure this is supported fully by JavaMail for all server types. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
