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Hi, imapc does a lot of UID FETCH $UID (BODY.PEEK[]), which is nice, because it works even with the dumbest IMAP server, altough it really kills performance, especially on high latency lines. I wonder: if IMAP servers can effectively handle boundless fetches (like a list with all wanted UIDs, or simply 1:* if all are needed), do you see this as a good addition to develop? This could be a

...IMAP server, altough it really kills performance, especially on high latency lines. >> >> I wonder: if IMAP servers can effectively handle boundless fetches (like a list with all wanted UIDs, or simply 1:* if all are needed), do you see this as a good addition to develop? > Set mail_prefetch_count = 10 or 100 or something and it'll do larger FETCHes. The higher the value, the more memory/disk space is used for storing the received mails. > I'm aware of that, but it doesn't, or at least not always. For example Thunderbird issues this: 13 UID fetch 333574:333601,333630:3...