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[Martin Konold]

Am Montag, 12. Juli 2004 17:23 schrieb Stuart K. Bingë:

Hi Stuart,

> > No, I don't like this as it puts a lot of load on the server and
> > therefore limits scalabilty.
>
> Excuse me? Please explain how, while searching for a specific message,
> loading and parsing the contents of every message in a mailbox puts *less*
> load on the server than a SEARCH & FETCH command sequence?
>
> > Why don't you use the IMAP UID instead?
>
> Because it is not constant across object modification.

Please explain this in more detail. I currently fail to understand why the UID 
in the Subject would solve that problem. 

Basically in order to have the full information about a calendar you need to 
read all messages and you must monitor all new messages. So how can you 
"loose" an IMAP UID?

 After all there is no modification in IMAP only new and delete.

Regards,
-- martin

Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold

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