This article discusses issues arisen during implementation of XEP-0136 specification, which describes the protocol for server-side instant messaging history, and XEP-59, which basically provides the way to page through results set and limit results number.

Basically, it’s the copy of letter sent to XMPP discussion mailing list, I’ve put it here to make sure more people have access to it and can provide their feedback / comments.

For most of the issues listed some solutions are proposed.