mutt, courier imap and 10.000+ messages -> fatal error: atom size too small
hello all,
[i sent the following to mutt-users and got no positive responses]
would it be possible to make mutt split imap operations on large number
of messages into several operations? please read below.
Michal Vitecek wrote:
>hello everyone,
>
>i'm using mutt 1.5.12 which is configured to work on an IMAP server
>running courier-imap daemon. when working on many messages (cca 10.000)
>in a single operation (like D ~b some-text to delete all messages with
>body containing "some-text") i get the following error:
>
>Fatal error: atom size too small: file exists.
>
>from googling the internet i learnt the problem is caused by the email
>client sending too many message UIDs in a single request and the IMAP
>server accepting lesser number of them. is there any configuration
>option or patch which can make mutt split operations on large number of
>messages into several operations?
>
>as a sidenote: deleting 10.000+ messages in thunderbird doesn't trigger
>this error.
thanks a lot,
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