MBOX-Line: From David.Harris at pmail.gen.nz  Mon Nov 14 13:54:37 2011
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: David Harris <David.Harris@pmail.gen.nz>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:47 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] SELECT/EXAMINE clarification of UNSEEN
In-Reply-To: <20111114210927.GA6194@brong.net>
References: <C61A1BDF-03DD-4ED9-BFCA-C6183F07DD3E@mac.com>,
	<20111114205919.GA5573@brong.net>,
	<20111114210927.GA6194@brong.net>
Message-ID: <4EC18E1D.10652.EB3C6B5@David.Harris.pmail.gen.nz>

On 14 Nov 2011 at 22:09, Bron Gondwana wrote:

> >                      SEARCH command if it wants to find it.  If there are
> >                      no unseen messages in the mailbox, it is not possible
> >                      to produce a sensible UNSEEN value, so servers MUST
> >                      omit this item.

Could I suggest that this might be rendered more simply:

"If there are no unseen messages in the mailbox, the UNSEEN 
response MUST be omitted, otherwise it MUST be sent."

Cheers!

-- David --

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