Actually I'm pretty certain that (I think) pine will generate message sets in the form of a:b where b>a. I remember that it surprised me when I first saw it, so I quickly changed the server to handle that case.
If it wasn't pine, it was one of the other common MUA's. Larry Osterman -----Original Message----- From: Arnt Gulbrandsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:36 AM To: Paul Smith Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: max+1:* fetches Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Precisely. As far as the RFC says, "1:2" and "2:1" are equivalent. > > It doesn't say this.. (as far as I can see). It's open to interpretation > from reading the RFC. Exactly. ;) It says a:b means all the messages with MSNs/UIDs between a and b, inclusive. That's clear. It does not require that a<b. The absence of a requirement is also clear... more or less. Sometimes the non-requirement can be usefully mentioned. --Arnt
