On Sat, Oct 09 2010, Michael Welsh Duggan wrote:

> After re-reading that section, I think you are mistaken.  UIDVALIDITY is
> guaranteed not to change as long as the messages in the mailbox have not
> changed their UIDs (or rather, as long as the mailbox maintains its
> identity).  It does not change with the addition, or deletion, of
> messages to that mailbox.  On the other hand, the UIDNEXT does change
> with the addition of new messages to the mailbox.  It will not, however,
> change with the deletion of messages.  The triple of mailbox name,
> UIDVALIDITY, and message UID will always refer to the same message no
> matter what, as long as that message still exists.

Yeah, re-re-reading I think you're right indeed.. UIDVALIDITY is not the
thing I wanted it to be.

That sucks.

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Julien Danjou
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