RFC 4549 on Synchronization Operations for Disconnected IMAP4 Clients

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        RFC 4549

        Title:      Synchronization Operations for Disconnected IMAP4 
                    Clients 
        Author:     A. Melnikov, Ed.
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       June 2006
        Mailbox:    [e-mail]
        Pages:      35
        Characters: 75417
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-melnikov-imap-disc-06.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4549.txt

This document attempts to address some of the issues involved in building
a disconnected IMAP4 client.  In particular, it deals with the
issues of what might be called the "driver" portion of the synchronization
tool: the portion of the code responsible for issuing the correct set
of IMAP4 commands to synchronize the disconnected client in the way
that is most likely to make the human who uses the disconnected
client happy.

This note describes different strategies that can be used by disconnected
clients and shows how to use IMAP protocol in order to minimize the
time of the synchronization process.

This note also lists IMAP extensions that a server should implement in
order to provide better synchronization facilities to disconnected clients.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.


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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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