[Dovecot] dovecot.conf pop3_uidl_format

[Ben Winslow]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 13:33 +0200, Peter Eriksson wrote:
>    # If you want UIDL compatibility with other POP3 servers, use:
>    #  UW's ipop3d         : %08Xv%08Xu

>    # NOTE: Nowadays this is required to be set explicitly, since the old
>    # default was bad but it couldn't be changed without breaking existing
>    # installations. %08Xu%08Xv will be the new default, so use it for new
>    # installations.
>    #
>    pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv

> Notice the *very* small difference in the format between UW's ipop3d
> and the ones mentioned a little bit below?

IIRC, the difference is intentional -- I believe the stated reason was
that the mail UID (%u) is more unique than UIDVALIDITY (%v), so the
default format has the UID at the beginning just in case the client
truncates the UIDL.

-- 
Ben Winslow <rain at bluecherry.net>
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