Re: [Evolution] Help: POP Mail fetches all headers from mailserver each time.

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

but 1.0.8 does basically the same thing anyway, generates an md5 of the
headers.

the only practical solution if you have such a braindead server is to
not use 'keep on server'.

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 02:17, Marc Janssens wrote:
> Correct,   I guess this is unfortunately only useful when having one 
> computer to check your mail. Sometimes it is nicer to keep the mails
> on the server. Going back to Evolution 1.0.8 might be not a bad idea
> for this situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Marc
>
> On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 16:06, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > Nope, we did that in 1.0.8 as well. Did you maybe switch to using "keep
> > mail on server"? If you uncheck that, it would only need to do that for
> > new messages.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 09:45, Marc Janssens wrote:
> > > This must be  a new feature from 1.2.x on since everything
> > > works fine when using version 1.0.8.
> > >
> > > Rgds,
> > > Marc
> > >
> > > Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > >
> > > > Evolution uses the md5sum of the headers to generate a UID for each
> > > > message for use locally. This is how we avoid downloading duplicates of
> > > > messages.
> > > >
> > > > For non-sucky POP servers that support UIDs, we use those instead... but
> > > > your server doesn't support that extension.
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 07:37, Marc Janssens wrote:
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > > > Dear,
> > > > >
> > > > > Since Evolution 1.2 it seems that retrieving mail (Send/Receive button) 
> > > > > fetches all headers on the mail server every time instead of only the
> > > > > newer mails (as was the case with Evolution 1.0.8). 
> > > > >
> > > > > I've captured the data between Evolution and the mail server.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any idea's why with every retrieval all the data is fetched again
> > > > > and again, resulting in Meg's of data since my mail is kept on the
> > > > > server. It almost has the same effect as a HOAX virus (data transfer
> > > > > wise)  :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Marc
> > > > >
> > > > > ------------- data log between server and Evolution -------
> > > > >
> > > > > Evolution Mail ready and running.
> > > > >
> > > > > <snip , Some Bonobo warnings>
> > > > >
> > > > > Bonobo-WARNING **: Serious exception on node_set 
> > > > >   '$invalid path to XML  user interface element' of '0' to
> > > > >   '/commands/MailPreviousUnread#sensitive'
> > > > > set_prop path: /commands/custom_view
> > > > > set_prop path: /commands/custom_view
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(19): '+OK pop XXXXXXXXXXXX'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
> > > > > CAPA^M
> > > > >
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(20): '-ERR not implemented'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(14):
> > > > > USER XXXXXXXXXXXX^M
> > > > >
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(8): '+OK 1158'
> > > > > Got + response
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(13):
> > > > > PASS XXXXXXXXXXXX^M
> > > > >                                                                                                      
> > > > >                           
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(14): '+OK .. welcome'
> > > > > Got + response
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
> > > > > LIST^M
> > > > >
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(4): '+OK '
> > > > > Got + response
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(6): '1 1798'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(7): '2 48816'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(6): '3 9744'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(6): '4 1564'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(6): '5 2550'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(6): '6 3043'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(7): '7 37933'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(6): '8 2455'
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(6): '9 3242'
> > > > >
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > >
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(10):
> > > > > TOP 87 0^M
> > > > >
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(16): '+OK 2016 octets '
> > > > > Got + response
> > > > > POP3_STREAM_READ(1259):
> > > > > Return-Path: <evolution-request ximian com>
> > > > > Delivered-To: marcj pandora be
> > > > > Received: (qmail 8648 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2002 14:40:34 -0000
> > > > > Received: from unknown ([195.130.132.41]) (envelope-sender <>)
> > > > >          by eros.telenet-ops.be (qmail-ldap-1.03) with QMQP
> > > > >          for <>; 12 Jul 2002 14:40:34 -0000
> > > > > Delivered-To: CLUSTERHOST smtp3.pandora.be marcj pandora be
> > > > > Received: (qmail 18828 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2002 14:40:34 -0000
> > > > > Received: from unknown (HELO trna.ximian.com) ([141.154.95.22])
> > > > > (envelope-sender <evolution-request ximian com>)
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> > > > >          for <marcj pandora be>; 12 Jul 2002 14:40:34 -0000
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