MBOX-Line: From arnt at gulbrandsen.priv.no  Tue Apr  4 09:20:16 2006
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:37 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] question about BAD
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Adrian Buciuman writes:
> Can an IMAP server send a BAD before the client finished sending the command?

Yes.

In principle, a BAD results when there _isn't_ a recognizable command. 
You can't ask the server to wait until the end of something it doesn't 
recognize.

Arnt

