Re: New mails in mailboxlist

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 05/21/2005 07:08:06 AM, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
[ snip ]
> IMAP mailboxes are a bit more of a problem.  IMAP servers have  
> a mechanism for detecting changes, but the overhead (a STATUS  
> request) is essentially the same as checking the mailbox, so  
> your best solution is probably to check "Check IMAP mailboxes"  
> and uncheck "Check INBOX only".

That wasn't the most helpful response, was it?  The save/restore  
stuff can be changed to avoid saving counts for IMAP mailboxes.   
Then it's the user's choice: check only INBOX, and have blanks  
for unopened mailboxes, or check all mailboxes and live with the  
overhead.

Peter