From: Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: That newfangled IMAP thing...
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:43:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrr04878.fsf@dod.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m362yk1fwo.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>
>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:
> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:
>> There are other things to consider: IMAP allows you to pull down the
>> header information, and even the IMAP structure of a message, and then
>> move the messages _on_ the server, without downloading them, or
>> downloading all of them.
> Hm. Is this generally supported across different (popular) server
> types, or does it vary a lot?
I think it's mandated by the RFC...? Let me see...
It lists a lot of message attributes,
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-2.3
with body structure and one of them
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-2.3.6
At a quick overview, none of the message attributes I looked at were
listed at optional, so I guess you can pull them down and look at to use
for splitting.
Moves aren't actually implemented in IMAP. You have to do a COPY, and
then set the delete flag, followed by an EXPUNGE of the original.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.4.7
The COPY command works on the server. You don't have to download a
message for that.
>> Dovecot is an easy IMAP server to deal with, and very robust (I wouldn't
>> have called it an MTA though. Exim4 is my MTA, Dovecot is my IMAP
>> server).
> Er, yes. We currently just use it for pop3.
Actually I haven't even enabled pop3 on mine. If someone just wants
POP-like behaviour, IMAP is actually a lot nicer than POP3, and needs no
extensions to do what modern POP3 clients would like to do (leave on
server, delete specific messages, etc.).
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2010-09-05 1:04 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 1:12 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 11:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 11:44 ` Sebastian Krause
2010-09-05 12:00 ` Frank Schmitt
2010-09-05 13:16 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 19:58 ` James Cloos
2010-09-06 7:17 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-07 14:15 ` Wes Hardaker
2010-09-07 14:52 ` Richard Riley
2010-09-07 17:56 ` Wes Hardaker
2010-12-05 12:33 ` Matthias Andree
2010-09-05 1:56 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-05 2:17 ` Tibor Simko
2010-09-05 2:27 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-05 7:18 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 11:00 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-05 13:31 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 11:23 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 13:22 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 13:25 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 13:43 ` Steinar Bang [this message]
2010-09-05 17:26 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-05 17:30 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-06 9:05 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-06 15:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-06 15:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-09 14:54 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-09 14:58 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-09 15:07 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-05 17:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 10:55 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-05 13:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 17:07 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-05 17:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 17:30 ` Memnon Anon
2010-09-06 7:41 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-27 23:16 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-29 14:43 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-29 19:19 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-12-02 12:03 ` [PATCH] nnimap.el (nnimap-process-expiry-targets): avoid downloading articles unless necessary Bjørn Mork
2010-12-02 12:17 ` expiry taking "forever" in both cpu time and real time when the IMAP UID is high Bjørn Mork
2010-12-02 12:59 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-12-02 13:28 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-12-05 12:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-11-06 22:24 ` slow nnimap expiry (dubious patch) John Magorrian
2012-01-03 22:53 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-02-13 8:56 ` Bjørn Mork
2012-02-13 19:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-02-13 20:48 ` Bjørn Mork
2012-02-26 14:27 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-03-10 0:51 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-03-10 18:16 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-03-10 19:57 ` John Magorrian
2010-12-05 12:16 ` [PATCH] nnimap.el (nnimap-process-expiry-targets): avoid downloading articles unless necessary Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 12:43 ` That newfangled IMAP thing Greg Troxel
2010-09-05 12:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 13:16 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 13:38 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 13:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 13:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 14:12 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 14:43 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 14:49 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 16:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 17:00 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 17:47 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 17:49 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-06 12:50 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-09 12:55 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-09 13:55 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-09 13:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-09 14:26 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-09 17:14 ` Sebastian Krause
2010-09-10 23:33 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-10 23:53 ` Jason L Tibbitts III
2010-09-11 0:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-11 0:16 ` Greg Troxel
2010-09-11 0:31 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-11 3:42 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-11 11:07 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-11 11:47 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-11 15:44 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-11 17:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-11 17:30 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-11 17:31 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 8:38 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-12 9:24 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-12 9:53 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-12 11:12 ` Richard Riley
2010-09-12 13:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 15:12 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 15:40 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-12 16:03 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 16:56 ` Frank Schmitt
2010-09-12 17:03 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 17:26 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-12 17:29 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 19:47 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 20:19 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 4:28 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-12 17:24 ` Richard Riley
2010-09-13 10:54 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-13 4:26 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-13 9:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 9:49 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-13 9:57 ` David Edmondson
2010-09-13 10:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 9:58 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 10:07 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-13 10:24 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-13 11:06 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 11:54 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-13 12:20 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-11 20:52 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 2:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-12 8:32 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-12 13:08 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 4:24 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-13 10:51 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-13 11:09 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 12:24 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-13 12:58 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 14:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 20:36 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 21:43 ` Knut Anders Hatlen
2010-09-13 21:55 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 22:12 ` Knut Anders Hatlen
2010-09-13 22:14 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-13 22:54 ` Dan Christensen
2010-09-14 7:19 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-14 15:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 15:18 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-14 15:29 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-14 15:30 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-14 15:44 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 16:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 18:51 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-14 19:01 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 19:23 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-14 19:26 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 19:47 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-14 19:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 20:07 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-14 19:19 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-14 19:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 19:35 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-14 19:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 19:40 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-14 19:43 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 19:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-15 8:37 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-14 19:26 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-14 19:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 19:44 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-15 10:24 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-14 19:35 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-14 19:44 ` Dan Christensen
2010-09-14 19:50 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-14 20:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 20:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-14 20:49 ` Frank Schmitt
2010-09-15 6:05 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-15 7:33 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-13 23:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 0:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 0:35 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-14 10:58 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-12 2:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-12 2:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-06 15:23 ` Dan Christensen
2010-09-06 20:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-06 21:01 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-06 21:05 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-06 21:27 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-06 21:29 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-06 21:39 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-07 0:57 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-07 1:41 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-07 2:49 ` Daniel Pittman
2010-09-07 6:14 ` Gijs Hillenius
2010-09-07 7:17 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-07 14:57 ` Bjørn Mork
2010-09-07 17:59 ` James Cloos
2010-09-07 18:16 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-08 8:34 ` Vegard Vesterheim
2010-09-08 9:06 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-08 10:00 ` Vegard Vesterheim
2010-09-08 10:07 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-08 12:06 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-08 12:18 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-08 14:29 ` Vegard Vesterheim
2010-09-08 14:43 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-08 11:50 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-08 21:26 ` Wes Hardaker
2010-09-05 15:02 ` Mark Plaksin
2010-09-05 16:01 ` David Engster
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2010-09-05 16:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 18:15 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 18:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 19:46 ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-05 19:58 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-06 12:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
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2010-09-06 13:12 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-09-05 20:04 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-05 20:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-05 14:44 ` Tom Rauchenwald
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2010-09-06 8:45 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-06 13:39 ` Romain Francoise
2010-09-06 14:23 ` Julien Danjou
2010-09-06 21:01 ` Daniel Dehennin
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2010-09-06 16:26 ` Gijs Hillenius
2010-09-06 16:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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