Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstan...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 08:41:10PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote: > > Thanks, pushed the series as > > a37e3ab3740c24c3 (pop3: limit default mailbox to 1K messages, 2023-09-14) > > 392d251f97d46579 (pop3: support `?limit=$NUM' parameter in mailbox name, > > 2023-09-12) > > Oh, I did notice what is probably unintentional behaviour -- passing > ?limit=XXX affects all mailbox access, not just the initial retrieval. > > E.g. if I configured pop3 with ?limit=128, then leave for the weekend and > return on Monday, I will only be able to retrieve 128 new messages, regardless > of how many arrived over the weekend. > > I'm not sure if this is what was intended -- I think it makes more sense to > have ?limit=XXX only affect the initial retrieval. In all other cases, when a > tracking uuid cookie is present, it should return all messages regardless of > ?limit=. > > Does that make sense?
I think there should be an initial_limit parameter in addition to the current limit. initial_limit would be more suited for cronjobs and such running on 24/7 systems. The regular limit would be better for systems with intermittent access and could go weeks w/o being online (including situations where somebody restored a system from a months/years-old backup). Not feeling well, will try to work on it once (or if) I feel better.
