Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP

[Marcus Frings]

* Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> wrote:

> Do (setq imap-log t) and wait an hour, or enough to get a fair amount
> of data, and look at the lines starting with '* FLAGS', e.g.:

> * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)

> If some of them contain SPC anywhere except between two flags, then it
> is still buggy.  Compare the reported buggy sample:

> ( \Noinferior)

Okay, here is the log (from the time of your posting up to now):

,----[ xenon% grep FLAGS /tmp/log.txt ]
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] No permanent flags permitted
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
| 39 UID STORE 31380 +FLAGS (\Seen)
| * 552 FETCH (UID 31380 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
| 52 UID STORE 6401 +FLAGS (\Seen)
| * 558 FETCH (UID 6401 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] No permanent flags permitted
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
| 147 UID STORE 31381 +FLAGS (\Seen)
| * 553 FETCH (UID 31381 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] No permanent flags permitted
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] No permanent flags permitted
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
| 310 UID STORE 6402 +FLAGS (\Seen)
| * 559 FETCH (UID 6402 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
| * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
| * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
| 335 UID STORE 31382:31387 +FLAGS (\Seen)
| * 554 FETCH (UID 31382 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * 555 FETCH (UID 31383 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * 556 FETCH (UID 31384 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * 557 FETCH (UID 31385 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * 558 FETCH (UID 31386 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
| * 559 FETCH (UID 31387 FLAGS (\Seen \Recent))
`----

There is no invalid SPC between brackets.

> I suspect this has been fixed long time ago.  If you can find out
> which version your server is, I can update the web page.

I use Debian Woody's Courier IMAP server, the version is 1.4.3.

HTH,
Marcus
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