Download Mail Plugin - clear cmsb__incoming_mail ?

By gversion - September 13, 2019

Hello,

A client of mine has been using the downloadMail plugin for 3+ years and I noticed there are 56,000+ records in cmsb__incoming_mail.

Can I safely empty this table? I am worried if I do then historic emails might be sent again when cron next runs the plugin!

Thanks,

Greg

By daniel - September 13, 2019

Hi Greg,

Yes, it should be safe to empty that table without re-downloading old emails. Though, I would still recommend making a backup first in case something unexpected happens.

Let me know any other questions!

Thanks,

Daniel
Technical Lead
interactivetools.com

By gversion - September 13, 2019

Hi Daniel,

That's good to know, thank you.

Can you explain what that table is used for by the plugin please?

I guess as long as the mailbox inbox is empty then no duplicate emails will be downloaded and sent again. Does that seem right?

Thanks again,

Greg

By gversion - September 13, 2019

Hi Daniel,

OK, so as long as my code does not retrieve messages from this table then I should be able to safely empty it.

I am hoping we copy the messages from cmsb__incoming_mail and the store them in a different table for manipulating... I will investigate!

Thanks for the help.

Regards,

Greg