On Mon, 28 Jan 2003, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 00:22, Mark Crispin wrote: > > "What should the client do if the server fails to return an untagged FETCH > > response from STORE"? > .. > > Nevertheless, since the server should have sent the untagged FETCH > > response, a cautious client would assume that the state of the flags is > > undefined until such time as it receives an untagged FETCH." > I'm not sure of other server implementations, but I'd think it usually > means that the message has been expunged but client hasn't yet been > notified about that (RFC2180). But then again, maybe it was just some > temporary error.
I agree, hence my reference to "a cautious client". -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
