@bobfrankston/mailx-imap 0.1.15 → 0.1.16

package/index.js

@@ -956,9 +956,22 @@ export class ImapManager extends EventEmitter {
                     this.emit("folderCountsChanged", accountId, {});
                 }
             };
-            const tomorrow = new Date(Date.now() + 86400000); // IMAP BEFORE is exclusive
-            // First sync: metadata only for fast UI — bodies prefetched in background after
-            messages = await client.fetchMessageByDate(folder.path, startDate, tomorrow, { source: false }, onChunk);
+            // Fast first-sync: fetch the most recent N messages by sequence
+            // number rather than running SEARCH SINCE 30-days-ago. SEARCH
+            // SINCE walks INTERNALDATE on every message in the mailbox,
+            // which takes minutes on a cold Dovecot mailbox of any size;
+            // sequence FETCH is O(1) per message because the server reads
+            // message slots directly. The 30-day window is recovered by
+            // the existing backfill logic in subsequent sync cycles.
+            const FIRST_SYNC_RECENT_COUNT = 200;
+            if (typeof client.fetchLatestN === "function") {
+                messages = await client.fetchLatestN(folder.path, FIRST_SYNC_RECENT_COUNT, { source: false }, onChunk);
+            }
+            else {
+                // Older iflow-direct without fetchLatestN — fall back to date.
+                const tomorrow = new Date(Date.now() + 86400000);
+                messages = await client.fetchMessageByDate(folder.path, startDate, tomorrow, { source: false }, onChunk);
+            }
             if (totalStored > 0) {
                 console.log(`  ${folder.path}: ${totalStored} messages (streamed)`);
                 this.db.recalcFolderCounts(folderId);
@@ -1247,7 +1260,16 @@ export class ImapManager extends EventEmitter {
                 return pa - pb;
             });
             const CONCURRENCY = 2;
-            const PER_FOLDER_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
+            // First-sync of a fresh account on a cold Dovecot is dominated by
+            // `UID SEARCH SINCE 30-days-ago`, which can take 5+ minutes on a
+            // large mailbox while the server walks INTERNALDATE on every
+            // message. The previous 60s cap killed every non-INBOX folder
+            // before SEARCH returned, leaving "all subfolders empty" — even
+            // though the connection itself was healthy. After first sync,
+            // incremental fetches (UID > highestUid) are fast, so the long
+            // timeout only hurts on the very first sync of a busy account.
+            // 6 minutes matches Dovecot's 300s inactivity timeout + buffer.
+            const PER_FOLDER_TIMEOUT_MS = 360_000;
             const total = remaining.length;
             let done = 0;
             let idx = 0;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/mailx-imap",
-  "version": "0.1.15",
+  "version": "0.1.16",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@bobfrankston/mailx-types": "^0.1.5",
     "@bobfrankston/mailx-settings": "^0.1.6",
-    "@bobfrankston/mailx-store": "^0.1.5",
-    "@bobfrankston/iflow-direct": "^0.1.27",
+    "@bobfrankston/mailx-store": "^0.1.6",
+    "@bobfrankston/iflow-direct": "^0.1.28",
     "@bobfrankston/tcp-transport": "^0.1.5",
     "@bobfrankston/smtp-direct": "^0.1.5",
     "@bobfrankston/mailx-sync": "^0.1.10",
-    "@bobfrankston/oauthsupport": "^1.0.25"
+    "@bobfrankston/oauthsupport": "^1.0.26"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
     "dependencies": {
       "@bobfrankston/mailx-types": "^0.1.5",
       "@bobfrankston/mailx-settings": "^0.1.6",
-      "@bobfrankston/mailx-store": "^0.1.5",
-      "@bobfrankston/iflow-direct": "^0.1.27",
+      "@bobfrankston/mailx-store": "^0.1.6",
+      "@bobfrankston/iflow-direct": "^0.1.28",
       "@bobfrankston/tcp-transport": "^0.1.5",
       "@bobfrankston/smtp-direct": "^0.1.5",
       "@bobfrankston/mailx-sync": "^0.1.10",
-      "@bobfrankston/oauthsupport": "^1.0.25"
+      "@bobfrankston/oauthsupport": "^1.0.26"
     }
   }
 }