re: Sorting Extension - was Re: IMAP4: reordered mailbox during session

[Mark Crispin <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:26:06 -0400, Cyrus Daboo wrote:
> What is the status (if any) of the server side sorting extenions proposal?
> I Ask this in reference to the thread (partially quoted below) about
> messages being copied into mailboxes and always appearing at the end of
> the mailbox. Presumably, if a server side sort is enabled for the mailbox
> in question, the message may sort to some other location. The question is
> whether the action of sorting is initiated by the client, or whether the
> server will keep a mailbox sorted as new messages are copied into it.
> Presumably such issues are addressed in the SORT proposal?

I am busily writing code for SORT now.

SORT will not change any ordering in the mailbox, but rather will give you a
list of sequences (or UIDs) in the requested sort order (e.g. by date,
subject, etc.).

I don't know if this is what you are thinking about.