Re: Communciator 4.02 Imap EXPUNGE problem

[Chris Hanson <[e-mail]>]

At 1:28 PM -0500 8/26/97, Mark Crispin wrote:
>I wonder how many other statements have to be made of the form "yes, the
>protocol allows a server to export the concept but that doesn't necessarily
>mean that it's there."

It's obvious that A LOT of such statements have to be made, and that they
have to be made in some centrally-accessible place like an Implementor's
Guide. Otherwise client implementors are going to continue ignoring them,
since as far as they know they're issuing legal protocol, and are going to
continue to wonder why you're frothing at them.

(And don't tell me the mailing list is considered that central place.  Most
client -- and even server -- implementors are just going to get the spec
and start designing, since they don't have time to read multiple years of
list archives to pick up all the little subtle points.)