On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Grant Baillie wrote:
> I recently ran across an IMAP server which advertises several extra
> capabilities after you've successfully issued a LOGIN.

The short answer to your question is that the world has changed.

The slightly longer answer is that the introduction of TLS and a better
understanding of SASL necessitated a change to the "capabilities don't
change" policy.

Consequently, clients can not assume that capabilities won't change.

-- Mark --

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