On Sun, 2019-08-04 at 08:06 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 04.08.2019, 00:05 +0100 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > On Sat, 2019-08-03 at 23:55 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > > Am Samstag, den 03.08.2019, 22:45 +0100 schrieb Patrick
> > > O'Callaghan:
> > > > On Sat, 2019-08-03 at 23:21 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > > > > > > So your suggestion is to change the IMAP protocol and have
> > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > IMAP
> > > > > > > servers implement the change. Good luck with that.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No. I'm just trying to make things clear.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd suggest, is that evolution should just ignore the
> > > > > > server's
> > > > > > response ("invalid id") in the context which we have here,
> > > > > > since
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > can
> > > > > > be perfectly okay, and not be a server-side error.
> > > > >
> > > > > I mean, evolution should ignore the server's response and
> > > > > cancel
> > > > > what
> > > > > it was about to do. Of course it can't just continue, after the
> > > > > "invalid id" response has happened.
> > > >
> > > > So to repeat what I already said: you're proposing that Evolution
> > > > should ignore a server-side error on the supposition that it
> > > > might
> > > > not
> > > > be an error.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't call the server's response an error.
> >
> > We're going round in circles. The server responds with an error
> > because
> > it *IS AN ERROR*. It was asked for a message which it doesn't have.
> > That is an error. It doesn't matter that this was caused by a
> > different
> > client deleting the message, because the server is not designed to
> > tell
> > one client what another client is doing, and the IMAP protocol is not
> > designed to enable clients to cooperate with each other. Putting it
> > bluntly, if your setup is doing this then your setup is wrong, and if
> > you don't like it then you need to get a change included in the IMAP
> > definition.
>
> It's time to stop this conversation.
One last thing: it's fine to discuss these things here but nothing will
happen unless you also register it on the Evolution Gitlab page
(assuming you mean a change in Evo's behaviour rather than an actual
change to IMAP). If you do, post the URL here so others can chip in.
poc
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