MBOX-Line: From mrc at CAC.Washington.EDU  Sat Dec  1 23:42:47 2007
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:41 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] FLAGS reply
In-Reply-To: <1196580950.9771.687.camel@hurina>
References: <1196580950.9771.687.camel@hurina>
Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.0.99999.0712012341230.9023@pangtzu.panda.com>

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> I see that when adding a new keyword, most servers send:
> * FLAGS (hello \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
> * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (hello \* \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)] Permanent flags
> before sending the FETCH FLAGS:
> * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (hello))

This confirms the creation of the flag and whether or not it is a 
permanent flag.  It needs to be sent.

> Is this really useful/required? RFC seems to say it's supposed to be
> sent only on SELECT.

Any response can be sent at any time.

-- Mark --

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