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On 5/4/2024 4:33 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
HenHanna wrote:
How can i tell TB to just download ALL the headers silently?
(Don't ask me again!)
Set the number of headers to fetch to a really big number.
In the Thunderbird prefs.js , you can see some lines like this, if needing inspiration.
Each server can have a different "suggested size" entered. One way or another, you make these numbers larger, if wanting everything.
user_pref("mail.server.server2.max_articles", 2000); user_pref("mail.server.server3.max_articles", 100); <=== mixmin user_pref("mail.server.server4.max_articles", 5000); user_pref("mail.server.server6.max_articles", 2000);
The headers are downloaded via XOVER, and the rate can be around
100 headers per second or so. It depends on how well maintained the
server is, whether it can produce info that fast.
Many other operations involving servers (like offline synchronization)
are closer to 2 operations per second.
Even if rec.arts.tv claims to have articles from 1-1000000,
the server does not have that many, and your fetch of
all headers, gives 980,000 to 1,000,000 or so. There are
only 20,000 messages actually stored on the server, the
others having scrolled off.
Only a server like Giganews, would have all one million of
the messages (ten plus years retention). It would take
a long time, to download all the headers a big server
has to offer. For the smaller servers, fetching all of them
isn't quite so bad.
Paul
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