Thank you for your reply. Some other Android IMAP clients (such as Kaiten) do not take a long time to re-poll, using the same IMAP server and the same folders I described above. With these clients, the poll counts increment very rapidly from zero to several hundred in just a few seconds for each folder.
Also, I am using a few IMAP clients under both Windows and Linux with these same folders on the same IMAP server, and none of these clients re-download all of the messages in the entire folder every time I refresh. Message numbers and UID's can easily be kept for each IMAP folder, so that the IMAP client can quickly determine which messages on the server are new, and then only download these new messages. This is a relatively quick operation. Also, I use my IMAP server and my set of IMAP folders under several environments, and unfortunately, it would defeat my purpose to move the old messages into separate archive folders ... especially since other IMAP clients under Android, Windows, and Linux all seem to be able to download only the newest messages without also re-downloading all of the rest of the messages in each folder, every time I refresh. Another thought: I notice that under K-9, if I say that I want to poll for a short time interval, then the folder stops displaying messages older than that time interval. Is there a way to specify that the display life of messages in a folder is different from the poll interval? If so, I could then specifiy a long display life and a short poll interval, and this would solve my problem, since the older messages would remain visible in the folder, even though I would only be polling for very recent messages. Thank you for your time, and for at least considering the points I've made. . -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
