[bug-mailutils] Re: IMAP protocol violation in 1.1

[Simon Josefsson]

Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> ha escrit:
>
>> * PREAUTH IMAP4rev1 Debugging mode
>> . select foo
>> . NO SELECT Couldn't open /home/jas/foo, No such file or directory
>> * 0 EXISTS
>> * 0 RECENT
>> 
>> RFC 3501 doesn't forbid EXISTS/RECENT to be sent when a mailbox isn't
>> selected, as far as I can tell, but it is confusing.
>
> I don't think it could be confusing, since untagged responses may appear
> in whatever place of the conversation, even while there is no command in
> progress.

Sure, but above no mailbox is selected above.  So the data returned by
the server cannot be used for any purpose.

/Simon