On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 13:33 +0200, Peter Eriksson wrote:
# If you want UIDL compatibility with other POP3 servers, use: # UW's ipop3d : %08Xv%08Xu
# NOTE: Nowadays this is required to be set explicitly, since the old # default was bad but it couldn't be changed without breaking existing # installations. %08Xu%08Xv will be the new default, so use it for new # installations. # pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
Notice the *very* small difference in the format between UW's ipop3d and the ones mentioned a little bit below?
IIRC, the difference is intentional -- I believe the stated reason was that the mail UID (%u) is more unique than UIDVALIDITY (%v), so the default format has the UID at the beginning just in case the client truncates the UIDL.
-- Ben Winslow rain@bluecherry.net