On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:49:04PM -0400, Timo Sirainen wrote: > Most clients cache mails based on UIDVALIDITY and UID, so if UIDVALIDITY > changes, it re-downloads all mails. If just UIDs change, then it's > handled exactly the same way as if all messages just got expunged and > added back, so again it'll re-download them.
You mean, one single UID differ between the client's cache and what the server sends and the whole mailbox is fetched again ? So UIDVALIDITY is just basically the "instance number" of a mailbox, right ? -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <[email protected]> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau
