Re: [PATCH] Use IMAP MOVE extension if available

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>]

On Aug 03 2015, Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> wrote:
>>>>>> Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca>:
>
>> I believe that Gnus has to re-login now and then, e.g. when connections
>> are idle for too long.
>
> Ok, that may be a case for optimization: the CAPABILITIES may change
> before and after login, but it is not very likely that they will change
> for the rest of the session.
>
> Ie. issue CAPABILITIES only after the initial login.

Preserving capabilities from one connection to the next would require
some major coding effort. In that case we're still better of trying very
hard to extract the capabilities from the LOGIN response.

Best,
-Nikolaus

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