Sveiki, Saturday, June 16, 2012, 6:32:12 PM, you wrote:
> Hello Vilius, > Saturday, June 16, 2012, 1:26:23 PM, you wrote: >>> Another problem with IMAP is that the messages have to actually be >>> kept on the server. I keep 14 days worth of mail on the server, older >>> mails are on my laptop and my PC. If I keep more than say, 2,000 or >>> 3,000 messages on the server, download becomes very slow, so I try to >>> limit the number of messages. VŠ>> This is a bug in your IMAP server or in your IMAP client. It doesn't VŠ>> matter how many messages you have on the server. Good written client VŠ>> always downloads only new messages. I have more than 125000 messages VŠ>> and it works in a matter of half a second. > Actually, the slow server is a POP server. "Checking for new messages" > takes so long, and that's not only with TB! but also with other > clients, and with all servers I have used. If that does not apply to > IMAP, it's my mistake. Does IMAP not need to check for new messages? It depends how you have configured IMAP client, but usually the client asks the server: "What new messages do you have since I last time checked?" The server responds with something like this: "I have 25 new messages with IDs 150,151,152,....etc." The client then downloads message *headers* to list them in the mailbox on the client. After the the user can decide which messages he needs and download manually a whole message. -- Best regards, Vilius ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 5.1.6.4 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
