Bug#502872: Please support "copy" with a bunch of messages

[Gunnar Wolf]

Damyan Ivanov dijo [Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 09:46:51AM +0300]:
> -=| Michelle Konzack, Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 02:28:47PM +0200 |=-
> > Since I am currently coding a new IMAP client based on Perl, I  like  
> > to see this feature as fast as posibel.
> 
> One way to help upstream would be to send a patch that implements the 
> feature to the upstream bug report[1].
> 
>     [1] http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=40203
> 
> Or, you may want to take a look at Net::IMAP. At first glance it seems 
> its 'copy' method supports working with a set of messages.

Another option you might consider, as it deals with _LOTS_ of
mail-related subtleties in a very nice way, is using the Mail::Box set
of modules. By using Mail::IMAPClient and its own (and abundant)
mailbox-handling routines, you can do... basically anything.

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