>>if I (as an IMAP client) have to exit quickly and have an open IMAP >>connection, I can't wait around for the IMAP server's responses.
>>In this case, should I send LOGOUT and immediately close the TCP >>connection, or should I just close the TCP connection? I can't quite make >>up my mind. I find this a tough question to answer. My inclination is just to close the connection but I cannot offer much justification for that. One consideration is that, if you send a LOGOUT and then immediately close the connection, it seems likely that the server will never see the LOGOUT. Seems to me that a more critical question in the circumstance is whether or not to send a CLOSE command if the session is in the selected state (so that expunging is performed). But since you don't raise that question maybe you already dealt with it. Pete
