On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:07:13 +0300, Lefteris Chatzibarbas wrote:
> What would be the recommended format of the SEARCH command that
> would be generated from the user's filter in order for it to scale
> and be able to handle 50,100 or 500 searching criteria?
In a worst-case situation, you can alwa
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:41:02PM -0700, Mark Crispin wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Lefteris Chatzibarbas wrote:
> > By that you mean to send 2 SEARCH commands with less that 50 deep nesting
> > each? Is that right?
>
> No, I mean doing:
>
> OR (OR FROM "a" OR FROM "b" FROM "c") OR FROM "d" OR
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Pete Maclean wrote:
> >Each OR effectively takes you down a level of nesting. That is:
> >
> > OR (FROM "a") OR (FROM "b") OR (FROM "c") (FROM "d")
> >is effectively
> > OR (FROM "a") (OR (FROM "b") (OR (FROM "c") (FROM "d")))
> I never realized this! And my
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Lefteris Chatzibarbas wrote:
> > UW imapd declines to accept nesting more than 50 deep. Instead of nesting
> > 50 deep, you could OR two groups that nest 25 deep and get the same
> > effect.
> By that you mean to send 2 SEARCH commands with less that 50 deep nesting
> each? I
>Each OR effectively takes you down a level of nesting. That is:
>
> OR (FROM "a") OR (FROM "b") OR (FROM "c") (FROM "d")
>is effectively
> OR (FROM "a") (OR (FROM "b") (OR (FROM "c") (FROM "d")))
I never realized this! And my server does not handle such a thing
appropriately.
xOn Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:11:09PM -0700, Mark Crispin wrote:
> Each OR effectively takes you down a level of nesting. That is:
>
> OR (FROM "a") OR (FROM "b") OR (FROM "c") (FROM "d")
> is effectively
> OR (FROM "a") (OR (FROM "b") (OR (FROM "c") (FROM "d")))
>
> UW imapd declines t
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Lefteris Chatzibarbas wrote:
> Is there a limit on how many searching criteria may be specified
> on an IMAP4rev1 SEARCH command?
The limit is not on how many criteria, but rather on the depth of the
criteria.
Each OR effectively takes you down a level of nesting. That is:
Hello,
I use uw-imapd version 2001adebian-6 (under a Debian Sid/Unstable
system), which I believe is based on imap-2001a. I also get
the same error when I try at other uw-imapd mail servers,
apart from my system.
Is there a limit on how many searching criteria may be specified
on an IMAP4rev1 SE
