[Dovecot] IMAP extensions & their meanings
I know that is is not really a Dovecot problem; however, I was wondering where I could get a complete list of the terms used in the 'capability' line. I have not had any success in finding out what things like "XLIST" refer to. I don't believe that is one that Dovecot uses; however, I have seen it with other IMAP servers, plus lots of other flags that I do not understand.
I tried Googling but only got a few sporadic and basically useless answers.
Thanks!
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Jean-Paul KauffmannOn Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 04:15:35PM -0400, Jerry wrote:
I know that is is not really a Dovecot problem; however, I was wondering where I could get a complete list of the terms used in the 'capability' line. I have not had any success in finding out what things like "XLIST" refer to. I don't believe that is one that Dovecot uses; however, I have seen it with other IMAP servers, plus lots of other flags that I do not understand.
I tried Googling but only got a few sporadic and basically useless answers.
Google "IANA registry IMAP capabilities" (without the quotes). First hit is what you want; follow each RFC reference for more details.
Capabilities which begin with "X" are non-standard, and you'll have to search for them separately.
For a general description of the CAPABILITY syntax see RFC3501 (sec 6.1.1 and 7.2.1)
HTH,
Brian.
Quoting Brian Candler B.Candler@pobox.com:
On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 04:15:35PM -0400, Jerry wrote:
I know that is is not really a Dovecot problem; however, I was wondering where I could get a complete list of the terms used in the 'capability' line. I have not had any success in finding out what things like "XLIST" refer to. I don't believe that is one that Dovecot uses; however, I have seen it with other IMAP servers, plus lots of other flags that I do not understand.
I tried Googling but only got a few sporadic and basically useless answers.
Google "IANA registry IMAP capabilities" (without the quotes). First hit is what you want; follow each RFC reference for more details.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/imap4-capabilities
michael
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