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MBOX-Line: From MRC at Washington.EDU Fri Mar 28 11:03:35 2008
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Mark Crispin <MRC@Washington.EDU>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:41 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] FETCH BODY[n.HEADER] on non-message parts
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In-Reply-To: <2121388044.564471206724380652.JavaMail.root@dogfood.zimbra.com>
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References: <2121388044.564471206724380652.JavaMail.root@dogfood.zimbra.com>
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Message-ID: <alpine.WNT.1.10.0803281057410.4064@Shimo-Tomobiki.Panda.COM>
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Dan Karp wrote:
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> A zero-length string rather than a NIL? If so, under what conditions
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> will FETCH BODY[...] ever return NIL?
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> msg-att-static = ... / "BODY" section ["<" number ">"] SP nstring / ...
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IMHO, never. nstring is a syntax rule, thus NIL is defined but is
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never actually sent in this case.
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RFC 2180 section 4.1.3 disagrees with me. I disagreed with RFC 2180
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section 4.1.3 then, disagree with it now, and note that multiple clients
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crash if they have the misfortune of encountering a server that follows
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RFC 2180 section 4.1.3.
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-- Mark --
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http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
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Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
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Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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