On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 19:21, Paul Jarc wrote: > Mark Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the message is "no longer available" the server should have sent an > > untagged expunge. > > Of course - if it has had a chance. If it hasn't (i.e., when there > hasn't been any intermediate command that allows the EXPUNGE > response), then what? This is the situation I've had in mind all > along, as far as deletion goes - sorry for not making that clear > earlier. In this case, NO seems entirely, and uniquely, appropriate.
Try thinking about it from user's point of view. Most IMAP clients will popup some error message and maybe fail even more badly if you return NO. Do you want to scare your users? With NILs user would temporarily see an empty message, which is what I'd prefer in such situations.
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