On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 09:14:22PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote: > > 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).
I'm game with that. Maybe even shorten that to l= and il=? I'm still worried about the field size limit a bit. > Not feeling well, will try to work on it once (or if) I feel better. Please take care! -K
