how to sort message and paging throught javamail imap

Question

I want to get mail messages sort by date and paging.I use javamail imap.Is it has api to do that sort in server not in client? I found roundcubemail can do this. Any suggestion?thank advanced.

Answer 1

It depends on whether or not the server supports the IMAP SORT extension. If it does, you can use the IMAPFolder.getSortedMessages method to get the Message objects sorted appropriately. You can then fetch the data for the messages in whatever groups/pages you like.