-static int pop3_slowuidl( int sock, struct query *ctl, int *countp, int *newp)
-{
- /* XXX FIXME: this code is severely broken. A Cc:d mailing list
- * message will arrive twice with the same Message-ID, so this
- * slowuidl code will break. Same goes for messages without
- * Message-ID headers at all. This code would best be removed. */
- /* This approach tries to get the message headers from the
- * remote hosts and compares the message-id to the already known
- * ones:
- * + if the first message containes a new id, all messages on
- * the server will be new
- * + if the first is known, try to estimate the last known message
- * on the server and check. If this works you know the total number
- * of messages to get.
- * + Otherwise run a binary search to determine the last known message
- */
- int ok, nolinear = 0;
- int first_nr, list_len, try_id, try_nr, add_id;
- int num;
- char id [IDLEN+1];
-
- if ((ok = pop3_gettopid(sock, 1, id, sizeof(id))) != 0)
- return ok;
-
- if( ( first_nr = str_nr_in_list(&ctl->oldsaved, id) ) == -1 ) {
- /* the first message is unknown -> all messages are new */
- *newp = *countp;
- return 0;
- }
-
- /* check where we expect the latest known message */
- list_len = count_list( &ctl->oldsaved );
- try_id = list_len - first_nr; /* -1 + 1 */
- if( try_id > 1 ) {
- if( try_id <= *countp ) {
- if ((ok = pop3_gettopid(sock, try_id, id, sizeof(id))) != 0)
- return ok;
-
- try_nr = str_nr_last_in_list(&ctl->oldsaved, id);
- } else {
- try_id = *countp+1;
- try_nr = -1;
- }
- if( try_nr != list_len -1 ) {
- /* some messages inbetween have been deleted... */
- if( try_nr == -1 ) {
- nolinear = 1;
-
- for( add_id = 1<<30; add_id > try_id-1; add_id >>= 1 )
- ;
- for( ; add_id; add_id >>= 1 ) {
- if( try_nr == -1 ) {
- if( try_id - add_id <= 1 ) {
- continue;
- }
- try_id -= add_id;
- } else
- try_id += add_id;
-
- if ((ok = pop3_gettopid(sock, try_id, id, sizeof(id))) != 0)
- return ok;
- try_nr = str_nr_in_list(&ctl->oldsaved, id);
- }
- if( try_nr == -1 ) {
- try_id--;
- }
- } else {
- report(stderr,
- GT_("Messages inserted into list on server. Cannot handle this.\n"));
- return -1;
- }
- }
- }
- /* the first try_id messages are known -> copy them to the newsaved list */
- for( num = first_nr; num < list_len; num++ )
- {
- struct idlist *newl = save_str(&ctl->newsaved,
- str_from_nr_list(&ctl->oldsaved, num),
- UID_UNSEEN);
- newl->val.status.num = num - first_nr + 1;
- }
-
- if( nolinear ) {
- free_str_list(&ctl->oldsaved);
- ctl->oldsaved = 0;
- last = try_id;
- }
-
- *newp = *countp - try_id;
- return 0;
-}
-