The IESG has approved the following document: - 'IMAP4 Response Code for Command Progress Notifications.' (draft-ietf-extra-imap-inprogress-06.txt) as Proposed Standard
This document is the product of the Email mailstore and eXtensions To Revise or Amend Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Murray Kucherawy and Orie Steele. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-extra-imap-inprogress/ Technical Summary This document defines a new IMAP untagged response code, "INPROGRESS", that provides structured numeric progress status indication for long-running commands. Working Group Summary This document went through several iterations based on feedback from multiple people both on the mailing list and during IETF meetings. The reviewers combine vast IMAP implementation and operational experience. There is broad agreement to publish. Nothing unusual procedurally. Document Quality There is one existing server implementation (Dovecot). Two other server vendors (Isode, Cyrus) have indicated plans to implement this extension. The existing implementation is not reported in this document but its source code is available on GitHub. Personnel The Document Shepherd for this document is Kenneth Murchison. The Responsible Area Director is Murray Kucherawy. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
