Re: [Extra] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9051 (7518)

[Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>]

This should be held for document update, and the reporter should be
less impolite.

Barry

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 1:48 PM RFC Errata System
<[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9051,
> "Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2".
>
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7518
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Joó Ádám <[e-mail]>
>
> Section: 4.1.1.
>
> Original Text
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>    A set of messages can be referenced by a sequence set containing
>    either message sequence numbers or unique identifiers.  See Section 9
>    for details.  A sequence set can contain ranges of sequence numbers
>    (such as "5:50"), an enumeration of specific sequence numbers, or a
>    combination of the above.  A sequence set can use the special symbol
>    "*" to represent the maximum sequence number in the mailbox.  A
>    sequence set never contains unique identifiers.
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> Why am I required to fix someone else's sloppy writing?
>
> Notes
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> The first and last sentences are in direct contradiction. Clarification is needed.
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> RFC9051 (draft-ietf-extra-imap4rev2-30)
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> Title               : Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - Version 4rev2
> Publication Date    : August 2021
> Author(s)           : A. Melnikov, Ed., B. Leiba, Ed.
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Email mailstore and eXtensions To Revise or Amend
> Area                : Applications and Real-Time
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG