Re: Various nnimap problems

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@md5i.com> writes:

> Yes.  As part of a SELECT, the response should include an OK
> [PERMANENTFLAGS (<list-of-flags>)] clause.  (Section 6.3.1 of RFC 3501
> mandates this response.)  
>
>          OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (<list of flags>)]
>                      A list of message flags that the client can change
>                      permanently.  If this is missing, the client should
>                      assume that all flags can be changed permanently.

I've started implementing this, but then I discovered that EXAMINE
always returns 

* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()]

on all the mail boxes.

*sigh*

So to inhibit the copying of marks from the server to Gnus on read-only
groups, nnimap has to maintain a cache so that it knows which groups not
do fiddle with.

Geez.

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