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| author | Tim Culverhouse <tim@timculverhouse.com> | 2022-11-28 21:15:38 -0600 |
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| committer | Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> | 2022-12-02 22:59:44 +0100 |
| commit | 17718981c5d1db0775407d45f83dcd026758ab47 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d44e7d7739feadfead8d2378e772dcf7c451cee /doc/aerc-imap.5.scd | |
| parent | ec04654bd52a24ea7c5c0a22a465d3244df1e511 (diff) | |
| download | aerc-17718981c5d1db0775407d45f83dcd026758ab47.tar.gz | |
imap: use list-status for check-mail
Use list-status to perform check-mail commands, if it is available. This
provides a significant performance benefit by only requiring one IMAP
command vs one command for each mailbox.
Signed-off-by: Tim Culverhouse <tim@timculverhouse.com>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/aerc-imap.5.scd')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/aerc-imap.5.scd | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/aerc-imap.5.scd b/doc/aerc-imap.5.scd index 787730df..c00f784f 100644 --- a/doc/aerc-imap.5.scd +++ b/doc/aerc-imap.5.scd @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ aerc implements the IMAP protocol as specified by RFC 3501, with the following IMAP extensions: - IDLE (RFC 2177) +- LIST-STATUS (RFC 5819) # CONFIGURATION @@ -104,14 +105,16 @@ are available: *check-mail-include* Specifies the comma separated list of folders to include when checking for new mail with *:check-mail*. Names prefixed with _~_ are interpreted as regular - expressions. + expressions. This setting is ignored if your IMAP server supports the + LIST-STATUS command, in which case all folders will be checked. By default, all folders are included. *check-mail-exclude* Specifies the comma separated list of folders to exclude when checking for new mail with *:check-mail*. Names prefixed with _~_ are interpreted as regular - expressions. + expressions. This setting is ignored if your IMAP server supports the + LIST-STATUS command, in which case all folders will be checked. Note that this overrides anything from *check-mail-include*. By default, no folders are excluded. |