for the IMAP response of the command you
want to send.
Sorry, no can do.
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.
but in all cases, you can just close the connection
session.
You have at least to wait for the IMAP response of the command you
want to send.
Sorry, no can do.
For example, when you request a FETCH, you have to wait for the response.
If you can wait for the fetch, I think that you can wait for the logout
which may be almost immediate
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
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
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
If you do not send a LOGOUT and just close the connection:
Depending upon how the operating system fields the event to the server, the
server will see it as a Hangup (SIGINT), Terminated (SIGTERM), or as End
of file on stdin. In my experience, the last is the most common.
If the server logs
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There are worse consequences.
...
The result is that the flag changes are lost.
Good point.
The only excuse for a client not to send a proper LOGOUT is if the client
crashes. The LOGOUT command is in the protocol for a reason, and that reason
to me that a good strategy would be to do so
selectively. Obviously you don't want to process a SEARCH but it would be
helpful to perform a CLOSE or LOGOUT.
I don't have a strong feeling about processing buffered commands.
I feel that a server should exert effort to complete actions that it already
