I would like to know the size of the all messages contained in a
folder, say INBOX.
Is there a command or flag to fetch this info. I want to avoid calling
FETCH to get 'size' attribute of the message individually.

I was reading RFC and there were heading saying " Mailbox Size", and it
lead me to believe that there is a way to get the folder size but I did
not see any reference to any useful FLAG. Here is the part of RFC...

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7.3. Server Responses - Mailbox Size
These responses are always untagged. This is how changes in the
size
of the mailbox are trasnmitted from the server to the client.
Immediately following the "*" token is a number that represents a
message count.

7.3.1. EXISTS Response
Contents: none

The EXISTS response reports the number of messages in the
mailbox.
This response occurs as a result of a SELECT or EXAMINE command,
and if the size of the mailbox changes (e.g. new mail).

The update from the EXISTS response MUST be recorded by the
client.
Example: S: * 23 EXISTS

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Pls let me know

Thanks
Ramesh

asnowfall@gmail.com writes:

> I would like to know the size of the all messages contained in a
> folder, say INBOX.
> Is there a command or flag to fetch this info. I want to avoid calling
> FETCH to get 'size' attribute of the message individually.

You can't. That's the only way to do it.

> I was reading RFC and there were heading saying " Mailbox Size", and it

Mailbox size here refers to the number of messages in the mailbox, not their
cumulative size.


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