On 28 Apr 2015, at 23:49, Nagy, Attila <b...@fsn.hu> wrote: > > 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?
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.