From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/72390 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: A few basic nnimap problems Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:36:14 +1000 Message-ID: <8739sqf5tt.fsf@rimspace.net> References: <87aamz17w0.fsf@nemi.mork.no> <8762xn151w.fsf@nemi.mork.no> <87wrq2yxff.fsf@nemi.mork.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285937551 25154 80.91.229.12 (1 Oct 2010 12:52:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:52:31 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M20763@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Oct 01 14:52:30 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1f6D-00009Q-0U for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:52:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1P1f5p-00046i-2x; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:52:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1P1f5n-00046R-NX for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:52:03 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P1f5j-00059r-LF for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:52:03 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1P1f5i-00029P-00 for ; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:51:58 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1f5i-0008U6-1Q for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:51:58 +0200 Original-Received: from ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net ([59.167.189.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:51:58 +0200 Original-Received: from daniel by ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:51:58 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vmSF8hflA590hWhUE203ofxeo/I= X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:72390 Archived-At: Bjørn Mork writes: > Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: [...] > One question I can't find the RFC answer to right now: Is it possible for > the capabilities to change depending on the logged in user? Yes, absolutely. This is routine: many servers only offer LOGIN and PLAIN to users who have an SSL or TLS secured connection. Since STARTTLS is a state change in a running connection this is already legal. > Maybe some users are allowed to use server resource intensive commands like > sorting and threading while others are not? This would also be ... not against the rules, given that other protocol state changes can trigger the same thing. Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ daniel@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons