severity 496906 normal tags 496906 + moreinfo thanks Re: Michelle Konzack 2008-08-23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If I connect to a IMAP server, mutt download not only the index but the > first 10 messages entirely. then when I am walking through the index > WITHOUT VIEWING any messages, mutt download each high-lighted message...
Hi, do you have any pattern definitions in your "color index" config that make mutt look into the mails beyond the To/From/... headers (~h ~b patterns etc.)? These are inevitably expensive. > So, to check this account I have produces a traffic of over 60 MByte !!! > > This is VERY GRAVE and definitively not in the sens of IMAP!!! > > The IMAP protocol is very clear and a IMAP client should only download > the (configurable) INDEX and only download messages IF requested (view). > > Please forward this message urgently to upstream. > > Note: The 16 MByte are a result of SPAM and it has cost me 0.009 €/kByte > (~530 Euro) using my GSM-Provider e-Plus (germany) 60000 * .0009 = 54. HTH. Christoph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.df7cb.de/
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