UIDVALIDITY response optional?

2004-05-27 Thread Pete Maclean
I have been looking at the transcript of an IMAP testing session that shows some very strange behavior on the part of the server concerned. Some of its behavior is unequivocally wrong. One element seems wrong but I am not 100% certain. This server (which I cannot identify since it has not

Re: UIDVALIDITY response optional?

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Crispin
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Pete Maclean wrote: One element seems wrong but I am not 100% certain. This server (which I cannot identify since it has not been identified to me) claims IMAP4Rev1 compliance by virtue of its initial response (* OK IMAP4rev1 Service Ready). IMAP4rev1 compliance is

RE: UIDVALIDITY response optional?

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Crispin
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Larry Osterman wrote: I believe that if you don't return UIDVALIDITY, it means that the server doesn't support persistent UID's. UIDs are still supported, but they won't persist from one select to another. No, UIDVALIDITY is required from an IMAP4 and IMAP4rev1 server. If

RE: UIDVALIDITY response optional?

2004-05-27 Thread Larry Osterman
: UIDVALIDITY response optional? On Thu, 27 May 2004, Larry Osterman wrote: I believe that if you don't return UIDVALIDITY, it means that the server doesn't support persistent UID's. UIDs are still supported, but they won't persist from one select to another. No, UIDVALIDITY is required from an IMAP4

Re: UIDVALIDITY response optional?

2004-05-27 Thread Pete Maclean
At 07:38 PM 5/27/2004, Mark Crispin wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2004, Pete Maclean wrote: One element seems wrong but I am not 100% certain. This server (which I cannot identify since it has not been identified to me) claims IMAP4Rev1 compliance by virtue of its initial response (* OK IMAP4rev1