Kip Cranford wrote:
> 
> On: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:49:45 EST Ken Murchison wrote:
> 
> >Try running 'imtest' again to connect/login and then do a
> >
> >. EXAMINE inbox
> >
> >and see if you get an ALERT response.  If so, then the server is
> >behaving correctly.  9 times out of 10 these issues are the client not
> >displaying ALERTs.
> >
> 
> Thanks for the quick response.
> 
> I used imtest and received the following:
> 
> . examine inbox
> * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen)
> * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()]
> * 8 EXISTS
> * 0 RECENT
> * OK [UNSEEN 2]
> * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1005855686]
> * OK [UIDNEXT 1544]
> . OK [READ-ONLY] Completed
> 
> No ALERTS....
> 
> However, I downloaded Netscape's mail client and tried it, and _did_
> receive a popup warning.  So, it does appear to be a client issue...
> 
> Should I be concerned that my EXAMINE didn't alert me?  I'm using Cyrus
> IMAP 2.0.16, btw.

Um...  maybe it only sends ALERTs on a SELECT.  Try SELECT instead of
EXAMINE.

Ken

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