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Re: [imap5] Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Thu, 16 February 2012 13:06 UTC

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Bron Gondwana <brong@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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> Not really.  Existing servers would be a lot more efficient with a query
> which limited to a single "folder", for sure - because they could optimise
> it.  But it's no different than an SQL query across a partitioned table.
> It means your in-memory-state needs to be big enough to accommodate all
> the mailboxes that might be in the regular searches, of course.

Have you seen UW-IMAP's in-memory state? :-)

Tony.
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