MBOX-Line: From dkarp at zimbra.com  Sun Jun 22 13:58:20 2008
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Dan Karp <dkarp@zimbra.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:42 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] '+' in counted literal (e.g. {548+}) -- where
	from?
In-Reply-To: <08Jun22.132913pdt."58698"@synergy1.parc.xerox.com>
Message-ID: <2146346768.17751214168300943.JavaMail.root@dogfood.zimbra.com>

> I find that the Apple Mail tool (version 3.3) is sending my UpLib
> IMAP server counted literals with an odd count.  The "number" part
> of the count ends with a "+", as in "{548+}".  I don't know what
> that means, or what IMAP extension defines that syntax...
> 
> My server advertises LITERAL+, NAMESPACE, UIDPLUS, IDLE.

By advertising "LITERAL+", you claim you handle this syntax and that
clients are free to use it.  Check out RFC 2088 for details on non-
blocking literals.

