[Dovecot] Idea: POP3 deletion as a flag
Noel Butler
noel.butler at ausics.net
Tue May 7 01:24:10 EEST 2013
On Mon, 2013-05-06 at 15:39 +0200, Axel Luttgens wrote:
> Hmmm...
> Let's consider the RFC's part related to, for example, the TOP command:
>
> If the POP3 server issues a positive response, then the
> response given is multi-line. After the initial +OK, the
> POP3 server sends the headers of the message, the blank
> line separating the headers from the body, and then the
> number of lines of the indicated message's body, being
> careful to byte-stuff the termination character (as with
> all multi-line responses).
>
> So, no MUST keyword there.
> Would this mean that a server sending garbage after a positive response is a compliant one?
>
Technically? Yes it would (doesn't mean it's right or wrong), RFC are
updated, if one disagrees with the wording, one is always welcome to
contact the author recommending a change.
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