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MBOX-Line: From gds at chartertn.net Sat Feb 18 14:29:04 2017
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Gene Smith <gds@chartertn.net>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:55 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] Is SELECT required before FETCH to detect new
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mail?
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In-Reply-To: <CABa8R6tLdckvJ9c-UHHijbvJ95fBGBN41fxhypO1yWzt0tGOMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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References: <bb8d0ae1-dda0-dbce-186a-2a668946ec7b@chartertn.net>
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<CABa8R6tLdckvJ9c-UHHijbvJ95fBGBN41fxhypO1yWzt0tGOMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <3e01f804-163d-cda3-f5bb-b495fa5a1d50@chartertn.net>
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The charter IMAP server is openwave according the login response. So are
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you saying it is OK for the IMAP server to require a new SELECT before
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doing a FETCH on an already selected mailbox for the FETCH response to
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indicate new email? If so, this is a bug in thunderbird.
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I have noticed that at least one client (kmail) always does SELECT and
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FETCH when checking for new mail (even when inbox is already selected).
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However, thunderbird and claws-mail only do a FETCH and don't re-do the
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SELECT and, therefore, don't detect new mail unless another folder is
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looked at first and then inbox is returned to.
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-gene
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On 02/18/2017 05:00 PM, Brandon Long wrote:
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> Didn't the old UW IMAP server act that way with certain mailbox
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> formats? It locked the mailbox and it couldn't receive new mail.
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> In any case, I don't think the spec precludes implementing it that
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> way, but it's certainly not the normal implemention.
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> Brandon
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> On Feb 18, 2017 1:52 PM, "Gene Smith" <gds@chartertn.net
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> <mailto:gds@chartertn.net>> wrote:
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> I have been seeing a problem with mozilla Thunderbird client when
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> using the charter.net <http://charter.net> imap server. When
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> thunderbird checks for new messages it just does a FETCH since the
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> inbox was already SELECTed at startup. It does not detect new
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> messages unless another mailbox is SELECTed and inbox is
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> re-SELECTED and then FETCHed. I think thunderbird is following the
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> IMAP spec but charter.net <http://charter.net> server is not since
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> it requires a re-SELECT on and already selected mailbox to signal
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> new email. Am I right?
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>
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> -gene
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