[Imap-protocol] [noob] select & unseen?

[Petite Abeille]

On Nov 6, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Philip Guenther wrote:


> Live by the ABNF:

> 

> response-data   = "*" SP (resp-cond-state / resp-cond-bye /

>                  mailbox-data / message-data / capability-data) CRLF

> resp-cond-state = ("OK" / "NO" / "BAD") SP resp-text

> resp-text       = ["[" resp-text-code "]" SP] text

> text            = 1*TEXT-CHAR


Yes, I have been starring at this section and scratching my head... :)


> Ergo, the close bracket must be followed by a space and at least one other 

> character before the CRLF.  If it fails to do that, then it's not actually 

> a response code!


Fair enough. Out of curiosity, what's the intended purpose of that trailing text? Does any actual IMAP clients care?