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MBOX-Line: From alexey.melnikov at isode.com Mon Jul 2 11:54:27 2007
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:40 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] IMAP mutual exclusion
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In-Reply-To: <468948C1.8040200@sun.com>
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References: <468948C1.8040200@sun.com>
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Message-ID: <468949E3.5020004@isode.com>
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Bill Shannon wrote:
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> I occasionally get questions from people who want to have multiple
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> clients process the messages in a single mailbox. Usually this
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> is done to balance load across multiple clients. Each message in
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> the mailbox needs to be processed by exactly one client.
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> Is there a well-defined way for clients to coordinate the processing
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> of messages in the mailbox using the IMAP protocol? Is there an
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> equivalent of "test and set" in the IMAP protocol? Or is one of the
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> newer extensions required?
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You need a server that supports RFC 4551 (CONDSTORE).
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