[Imap-protocol] IMAP MOVE extension

[Arnt Gulbrandsen]

On 06/14/2010 05:43 PM, Mark Crispin wrote:

> For what it's worth, I've worked out how a store can be designed to do it.

> In such a store there is no particular benefit to MOVE over COPY; MOVE is

> comparable (slightly slower) to COPY in performance. Any store which has

> a slow COPY can not have a faster yet safe MOVE.


Yeah. I implemented only because someone didn't want to write the 
three-command way WITH PROPER ERROR HANDLING. I have a terrible problem 
telling people to write code they can't practically test.


> I daresay that AOL is just a small percentage of overall IMAP usage; and

> AOL users using Thunderbird are a smaller percentage. What happens if we

> jump off this cliff and discover that there really is no net at the

> bottom? What responsibility will AOL take?


I assume AOL will give us our money back, same as you'll do if there's a 
problem in 4315 ;)

Arnt