This is what Ethereal sees (beware, long dump): [ Starting Gnus ] * OK IMAP ready. 1 CAPABILITY * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 AUTH=CRAM-MD5 1 OK CAPABILITY completed 2 AUTHENTICATE CRAM-MD5 + PDc2NkM1MkE3QjBERUNDNkZGQUIwOThCMUJFNDFBNDFFQGltYXAuZnJlZW5ldC5kZT4= bWFyY21vYmlsIDlhMTQxMTAwZjE0ZjRmMjFmYTI4ZTVjMGYxNzVlNTMw 2 OK AUTHENTICATE Ok. 3 SELECT "inbox" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited * 12 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 950614412] 3 OK [READ-WRITE] Ok 4 UID SEARCH UNSEEN UNDELETED * SEARCH 4 OK SEARCH done. 5 UID SEARCH SEEN * SEARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 OK SEARCH done. 6 UID SEARCH FLAGGED * SEARCH 6 OK SEARCH done. 7 UID SEARCH ANSWERED * SEARCH 7 OK SEARCH done. 8 EXAMINE "inbox" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] No permanent flags permitted * 12 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 950614412] 8 OK [READ-ONLY] Ok 9 FETCH 1,* UID * 1 FETCH (UID 1) * 12 FETCH (UID 12) 9 OK FETCH completed. 10 SELECT "inbox" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited * 12 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 950614412] 10 OK [READ-WRITE] Ok 11 EXPUNGE 11 OK EXPUNGE completed 12 CLOSE 12 OK mailbox closed. [ Trying to enter group in Gnus ] 13 SELECT "inbox" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited * 12 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 950614412] 13 OK [READ-WRITE] Ok 14 UID SEARCH UNSEEN UNDELETED * SEARCH 14 OK SEARCH done. 15 UID SEARCH SEEN * SEARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 OK SEARCH done. 16 UID SEARCH FLAGGED * SEARCH 16 OK SEARCH done. 17 UID SEARCH ANSWERED * SEARCH 17 OK SEARCH done. 18 UID SEARCH UID 1:12 * SEARCH 18 OK SEARCH done. 19 UID FETCH 1:12 (UID RFC822.SIZE ENVELOPE BODY BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (References)]) * 1 FETCH (UID 1 RFC822.SIZE 1196 ENVELOPE ("Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:47:46 +0100" "Ihre TELMA-Zugangsdaten." ((NIL NIL "telma" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "telma" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "telma" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "01019freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<000894947110520THOR_DB1@freenet.de>") BODY ("text" "plain" NIL NIL NIL "8bit" 337 17) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 2 FETCH (UID 2 RFC822.SIZE 1246 ENVELOPE ("Sat, 05 Feb 2000 14:59:26 +0100" "Re: Nachtquartier..." (("Walter Scheile" NIL "walterschleihe" "01019freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "walter" "")) (("Walter Scheile" NIL "walterschleihe" "01019freenet.de")) (("Marc Aurel" NIL "marc" "a42.de")(NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<389C2CBE.7CE68AB3@01019freenet.de>") BODY ("text" "plain" ("charset" "iso-8859-1") NIL NIL "quoted-printable" 253 12) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {44} References: <87bt5vq29t.fsf@bong.a42.de> ) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 RFC822.SIZE 726 ENVELOPE ("12 Feb 2000 17:39:11 -0000" "TOAST" ((NIL NIL "marc" "roka.net")) ((NIL NIL "marc" "roka.net")) ((NIL NIL "marc" "roka.net")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<20000212173911.27796.qmail@zappa.roka.net>") BODY ("text" "plain" NIL NIL NIL "8bit" 18 1) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 4 FETCH (UID 4 RFC822.SIZE 1728 ENVELOPE ("Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:16:36 +0100" "Re: Nachtquartier..." ((NIL NIL "bart" "wg.saar.de")) ((NIL NIL "bart" "wg.saar.de")) ((NIL NIL "bart" "wg.saar.de")) (("Marc Aurel" NIL "marc" "a42.de")(NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL "<87bt5vq29t.fsf@bong.a42.de>" "<200002141515.QAA04352@bellona.wg.saar.de>") BODY ("text" "plain" ("charset" "iso-8859-1") NIL NIL "quoted-printable" 526 17) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 5 FETCH (UID 5 RFC822.SIZE 1343 ENVELOPE ("15 Feb 2000 12:34:55 +0100" "Ich bin ein Toast" (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "roka.net")) (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "roka.net")) (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "roka.net")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<87putyk8bk.fsf@roka.net>") BODY ("text" "plain" ("charset" "iso-8859-1") NIL NIL "8bit" 383 7) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 6 FETCH (UID 6 RFC822.SIZE 1330 ENVELOPE ("15 Feb 2000 12:44:01 +0100" "BLAH" (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "roka.net")) (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "roka.net")) (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "roka.net")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<87emaek7we.fsf@roka.net>") BODY ("text" "plain" ("charset" "iso-8859-1") NIL NIL "8bit" 383 7) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 7 FETCH (UID 7 RFC822.SIZE 1500 ENVELOPE ("Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:42:57 +0100" "TELMA PIN-Änderung" ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "01019freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<002b55742140f20THOR_DB1@freenet.de>") BODY ("text" "plain" NIL NIL NIL "8bit" 641 26) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 8 FETCH (UID 8 RFC822.SIZE 1783 ENVELOPE ("Thu, 17 Feb 2000 04:15:31 +0100" "Ihre TELMA-Zugangsdaten." ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "01019freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<003e23115031120THOR_DB1@freenet.de>") BODY ("text" "plain" NIL NIL NIL "8bit" 918 34) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 9 FETCH (UID 9 RFC822.SIZE 1501 ENVELOPE ("Thu, 17 Feb 2000 04:19:26 +0100" "TELMA PIN-Änderung" ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "service" "freenet.de")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "01019freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<003c62619031120THOR_DB1@freenet.de>") BODY ("text" "plain" NIL NIL NIL "8bit" 642 26) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 10 FETCH (UID 10 RFC822.SIZE 1185 ENVELOPE ("18 Feb 2000 13:04:42 +0100" "Test" (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "freenet-rz.de")) ((NIL NIL "marc" "roka.net")) (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "freenet-rz.de")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<87bt5eaf8l.fsf@roka.net>") BODY ("text" "plain" ("charset" "iso-8859-1") NIL NIL "8bit" 201 7) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 11 FETCH (UID 11 RFC822.SIZE 1277 ENVELOPE ("18 Feb 2000 17:58:58 +0100" "TOAST" (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "freenet-rz.de")) ((NIL NIL "marc" "roka.net")) (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "freenet-rz.de")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<8766vmzbu5.fsf@roka.net>") BODY ("text" "plain" ("charset" "iso-8859-1") NIL NIL "8bit" 292 8) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) * 12 FETCH (UID 12 RFC822.SIZE 1277 ENVELOPE ("18 Feb 2000 18:02:23 +0100" "TOAST" (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "freenet-rz.de")) ((NIL NIL "marc" "roka.net")) (("Marc Packenius" NIL "marc" "freenet-rz.de")) ((NIL NIL "marcmobil" "freenet.de")) NIL NIL NIL "<8766vmzbu5.fsf@roka.net>") BODY ("text" "plain" ("charset" "iso-8859-1") NIL NIL "8bit" 292 8) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS ("References")] {2} ) 19 OK FETCH completed. 20 EXPUNGE 20 OK EXPUNGE completed 21 CLOSE 21 OK mailbox closed. 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