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Re: Mutt fetching all messages when tagging new



This is a follow up on this message.

Is there a place to file wish-list items?

For example, if I do a Limit: ~d >1m it happens right away, but if I try
and tag ~d >1m mutt fetches all the messages from my imap server which
can be very slow.



On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 11:06:32AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Mutt 1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i (2003-11-05) on Debian Sid.
> 
> 
> I just wanted to delete all 5000 "new" messages in a folder.  I first
> did a Tag of all new:
> 
>   T ~N
> 
> which took a long time as it fetched all messages from the imap server.
> Then again:
> 
>   ;d
> 
> to mark as delete all the tagged messages.  Again, that took a long
> time.
> 
> I'm assuming it's fetching every single message for those operations.
> I'm using imaps, so I can't use ethereal or tcpdump (well, I suppose I
> could see the size of the packets).  If mutt has the index in memory why
> does it have to go back to the imap server when tagging?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseley@xxxxxxxx
> 
> 

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