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Re: [Extra] Some comments on draft-ietf-extra-imap-64bit

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Sat, 16 September 2017 15:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Extra] Some comments on draft-ietf-extra-imap-64bit
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> On 16 Sep 2017, at 16:15, Bron Gondwana <brong@fastmailteam.com> wrote:
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> Yeah, round tripping via a signed 64 bit value is nice.

Basically for compatibility with Java.

> 
>> On Sat, 16 Sep 2017, at 02:25, HANSEN, TONY L wrote:
>> On 9/15/17, 12:07 PM, "Extra on behalf of Stephan Bosch"
>> <extra-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of stephan@rename-it.nl> wrote:
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>>     I gave draft-ietf-extra-imap-64bit a quick look. I have a few
>>     comments
>> 
>> 
>> I too have a couple comments. If it’s called the 64bit extension, why are
>> the numbers limited to 63 bits? Why not the full 64-bit range?
>> 
>> I’m sure there’s a good reason (or perhaps not).
>> 
>> Tony Hansen
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