From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] pop3: support `?limit=$NUM' parameter in mailbox name
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:46:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230918-barrel-unhearing-b63869@meerkat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230915204110.M732304@dcvr>
On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 08:41:10PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:
> Thanks, pushed the series as
> a37e3ab3740c24c3 (pop3: limit default mailbox to 1K messages, 2023-09-14)
> 392d251f97d46579 (pop3: support `?limit=$NUM' parameter in mailbox name, 2023-09-12)
Oh, I did notice what is probably unintentional behaviour -- passing
?limit=XXX affects all mailbox access, not just the initial retrieval.
E.g. if I configured pop3 with ?limit=128, then leave for the weekend and
return on Monday, I will only be able to retrieve 128 new messages, regardless
of how many arrived over the weekend.
I'm not sure if this is what was intended -- I think it makes more sense to
have ?limit=XXX only affect the initial retrieval. In all other cases, when a
tracking uuid cookie is present, it should return all messages regardless of
?limit=.
Does that make sense?
-K
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-18 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-12 21:08 pop3 usability thoughts Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-09-12 22:40 ` [RFC] pop3: support `?limit=$NUM' parameter in mailbox name Eric Wong
2023-09-13 6:20 ` Eric Wong
2023-09-13 15:33 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-09-13 22:03 ` Eric Wong
2023-09-15 19:17 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-09-13 16:08 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-09-14 0:38 ` Eric Wong
2023-09-15 20:03 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-09-15 20:41 ` Eric Wong
2023-09-18 13:46 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev [this message]
2023-09-18 21:14 ` Eric Wong
2023-09-19 21:28 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-09-22 2:18 ` [PATCH] pop3: support initial_limit " Eric Wong
2023-09-22 18:02 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-09-22 18:38 ` Eric Wong
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