Comment 7 for bug 671940

thanks... as far as I can tell the X-VM-IMAP-Retrieved header still
grows with new retrieved messages.

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Uday Reddy <email address hidden> wrote:
> The X-VM-IMAP-Retrieved header is not being used in the server folders
> code.  It is only used in IMAP spool files.
>
> A bug in vm-imap-clear-invalid-retrieval-entries was fixed in revno.
> 990.  This should help clear away the  old retrieved-messages entries
> when the UIDVALIDITY changes on the server.  But the expunge operations
> are yet to be fixed.
>
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> Title:
>  vm-imap-retrieved-messages
>
> Status in VM (View Mail) for Emacs:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  The variable vm-imap-retrieved-messages stores a list of all the messages retrieved from the IMAP server.  This list grows and grows endlessly.  Stuffing this data into the folder header becomes time-consuming.
>
> The list should be trimmed before stuffing into the folder, based on the messages currently known to be on the IMAP server.
>
> But it is not clear if this is good enough for folders that use IMAP servers as spools.
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