[Imap-protocol] updated table of IMAP client capabilities

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Sun Jan 27 17:18:42 PST 2008



> Yes: STARTTLS, SASL (GSSAPI, CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN, EXTERNAL),

> SSL, NAMESPACE, MULTIAPPEND, UIDPLUS, CHILDREN, SORT, THREAD

>

> No: SASL-IR, ESEARCH, IDLE, LITERAL+, LEMONADE

> ;;; For the purposes of Pine/Alpine:

> ;;;

> ;;; SASL-IR adds complexity just to save one RTT. We have

> ;;; enough problems with servers getting SASL right as it is.

> ;;; ESEARCH has no constituency within our user community.

> ;;; IDLE is unnecessary except for mobile devices, and has

> ;;; problems when NAT is in use.

> ;;; LITERAL+ is not needed since MULTIAPPEND is used instead,

> ;;; and MULTIAPPEND solves problems that LITERAL+ does not.

> ;;; LEMONADE support is under consideration.

>


Thanks, I've updated the table.


> UW imapd implements all of the above except for LEMONADE. LEMONADE

> support is under consideration.


It would be interesting to do another table for servers, I suppose.

Bill


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