On Fri, 31 May 2002, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>Andreas Aardal Hanssen writes: 
>> Between A and B inclusive is what it says. It doesn't say "a set from a to
>> b" or anything. 
>> "Between A and B inclusive" means "A >= C <= B". The "A <= C <= B" you
>> came up with is taken out from the clouds, it doesn't belong anywhere.
>Oke-dokee: give me all values of C where 200 >= C <= 400. 

Oooh, you got me! ;) Between inclusive, means 200,201,202,203,...399,400.
Sorry for not being a genious mathematician, but I guess everyone
understands this.

>You really don't know what you're talking about, don't you? 

No, I know exactly what I'm talking about. You're just being anal about my
syntax.

>> If you're not following the standard, then who exactly are you writing a
>> server for?
>Not for your approval, that's for sure. 

;-) I'm not speaking on behalf of my own personal gain.

>>             Apparently not the Outlook Express users, obviously not for
>Would, by any chance, the following be an example of this so-called "valid 
>IMAP" that Outlook Express generates: 
>Would you mind pointing out to me the portion of the Sacred Scripture #2060 
>that explains what FETCH is supposed to do after a folder is closed? 
>This garbage is pulled directly from OE's log.  Before you claim the 
>superiority of Microsoft's IMAP implementation you should do some homework 
>first. 

I never claimed this. Don't put words into my mouth that I didn't say.

>> reference implementation clients,
>Define a "reference implementation client".  If you're going to say "Pine", 
>I'll make you eat your words by showing how Pine generates IMAP queries that 
>are described by Sacred Scripture #2060 as "implementation-defined manner".  
>In this case, Pine is relying on the UW-IMAP's implementation-defined 
>behavior, and a reference implementation cannot do that, by definition. 

I will not define this, it's off the point. Read what I wrote.

>>                                   as they may send valid IMAP that courier
>> rejects.
>The ugly truth of the matter is that "valid IMAP" is a rather elusive beast, 
>in the real world. 

What is your point, and how do you relate this to courier-imap's 
brokenness?

Andy

-- 
Andreas Aardal Hanssen



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