Note however that while RFC 2683 permits a server command line length limit (and 8000 octets is the recommended value), a client must be prepared to accept a response line of any length from the server.
Some IMAP response lines can be quite long. Fortunately, the client usually has a clue that it is about to get something of this nature. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
