MBOX-Line: From robsiemb at google.com  Wed Sep  7 07:58:35 2005
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Rob Siemborski <robsiemb@google.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:36 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] SELECT of same mailbox
In-Reply-To: <UsPqTMxta5Q38J/4ek2JBA.md5@bluegrass.trish.de>
References: <UsPqTMxta5Q38J/4ek2JBA.md5@bluegrass.trish.de>
Message-ID: <5b93232d050907075812659c02@mail.google.com>

On 9/7/05, Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> wrote:
> Opinions?
>
> My (strong) preference is that SELECT of a valid mailbox should start a
> new session, no matter whether it's the same mailbox as the previous
> one.

This strikes me as the most consistent behavior.  It is also what Cyrus does.

The second paragraph you quote could probably be more clearly stated
with "SELECT or EXAMINE of any valid mailbox" or similar, which is how
I find myself reading "another" in this case.

-Rob

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