[Dovecot] Strange output from LIST command

Bron Gondwana brong at fastmail.fm
Thu Oct 17 13:13:20 EEST 2013


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013, at 06:23 AM, Michael M Slusarz wrote:
> Quoting azurIt <azurit at pobox.sk>:
> 
> > i'm using Dovecot 2.1.7 (Debian Wheezy) and output from LIST command  
> > looks strange:
> >
> > C: 4 LIST () "" (INBOX INBOX.Karantena INBOX.Spam) RETURN (STATUS (UNSEEN))
> > S: * LIST () "." "INBOX"
> > S: * LIST () "." "INBOX.Karantena"
> > S: * STATUS "INBOX.Karantena" (UNSEEN 0)
> > S: * LIST () "." "INBOX.Spam"
> > S: * STATUS "INBOX.Spam" (UNSEEN 0)
> > S: 4 OK List completed.
> >
> > The UNSEEN information for INBOX is completely missing. It is  
> > correct behavior?
> 
> No.  RFC 5819 [2]:
> 
> "For each selectable mailbox matching the list pattern and selection  
> options, the server MUST return an untagged LIST response followed by  
> an untagged STATUS response containing the information requested in  
> the STATUS return option."

Just wondering if the INBOX was SELECTed at the time?  There's some fun
interaction around STATUS and SELECT in RFC3501.

Bron.

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