Re: More efficient way to get unseen IMAP messages

[mda2]

The more eficient is use of STATUS command of imap protocol. But itīs not available on Net::IMAP::Simple...

Can you implement a hack todo it.

1. Examing the protocol:

0 LOGIN mda "xxxxxx"
0 OK LOGIN Ok.
1 STATUS "INBOX" (UNSEEN MESSAGES)
* STATUS "INBOX" (MESSAGES 84 UNSEEN 78)
1 OK STATUS Completed.
2 LOGOUT
* BYE Courier-IMAP server shutting down
2 OK LOGOUT completed

2. Understanding module struture (and how Net::IMAP implements):

sub login {
 my ( $self, $user, $pass ) = @_;

 return $self->_process_cmd (
    cmd     => [LOGIN => qq[$user "$pass"]],
    final   => sub { 1 },
    process => sub { },
 );
}

3. Suggested hack:

package Net::IMAP::Simple;

sub unseen {
 my ( $self, $mbox ) = @_;
 my $unseen = 0;
  $mbox ||= "INBOX";
 $self->_process_cmd (
   cmd     => [STATUS => "\"$mbox\"" . " (UNSEEN)" ],
   final   => sub { },
   process => sub {
          $unseen  = $1  if ( $_[0] =~ /UNSEEN\s+(\d+)/ );
     }
 );
  return $unseen;
}

4. Resume:
Examine the module options on code and protocol to improve your process ;)

on time Mail::IMAPClient suggest from davidrw implements many others functions...