[thelist] CF: CFPOP choking on large boxes

Jeff Howden jeff at jeffhowden.com
Wed Sep 3 20:10:40 CDT 2003


frank,

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> From: Frank
>
> I've got a situation where I schedule CFPOP to check for
> the content of a box. At first it worked fine, then when
> the viruses came, there was a larger number, and CFPOP
> just kept choking on the number. Now I have a box with
> close to 10 thousand emails that need to be handled, and
> CFPOP keeps choking, unable even to get the message count
> (so that I can chew them up by downloading one at a
> time.)
>
> I though I need the full email, I could handle getting
> just the header for the message number, then downloading
> it in full, but it won't even get the headers for a
> single message because it tries to get the message record
> count.
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have you tried using an action of "getHeaderOnly" instead of "getall"?

better yet, using the "messagenumber" attribute to retrieve only a certain
number of messages at a time.  from the documentation:

  "messageNumber:
   Message number or comma-delimited list of message
   numbers to get. Applies to action ="getAll" and
   "getHeaderOnly". For these actions, if it is
   omitted, all messages are returned. Invalid
   message numbers are ignored."

equally better, use the "startrow" and "maxrows" attributes to grab them in
smaller chunks that the server can handle at one time.

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> Can someone suggest an approach whereby I can get cfpop
> to get my email?
>
> CF 4.5sp2
> RH Linux
> Tonnes of ram and drive and cpu power.
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for starters, lose the cf4.5, especially on linux.  if you're adamant about
being on linux, at least upgrade to cf5, which addresses *many*
performance/scabality issues that plagued cf4.5.

better yet, upgrade to cfmx.  surely the few things you've had problems with
in cfmx are minute in comparison to all the cf4.5 related issues you've had
as of late, eh?

good luck,

.jeff

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