Re: [imapext] AD review of draft-ietf-imapapnd-appendlimit-extension-06 (Section 2)

[Naren <[e-mail]>]

Yes, you right SM.

Our MAY means
(a) The IMAP server can advertise this capability before the user has
logged in.
*OR*
(b) The IMAP server can advertise this capability after the user has logged
in.


Thanks
-Naren


On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:54 AM, S Moonesamy <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Naren,
> At 08:52 09-12-2015, Narendra Bisht wrote:
>
>> -- Section 2 --
>>
>> "An IMAP server that supports APPENDLIMIT extension advertises this by
>> including the name APPENDLIMIT in its capability list. IMAP server  MAY
>> advertise this capability after user has logged in."
>>
>> This says nothing about whether the server is allowed to advertise the
>> capability before the user has logged in.  I also don't think this is an
>> appropriate use of 2119 "MAY".  If you mean, "The IMAP server MUST NOT
>> advertise this capability until after the user has logged in,"
>> then you should say it that way.  (And if that's not what you mean,
>> please discuss it with me and clarify.)
>>
>> [Naren] We purposefully marked it as a MAY, because it alerts
>> implementations to the possibility, but doesn't have any effect in
>> interoperability.
>> What we mean here is client should be ready to handle this no matter when
>> the capability is sent.
>>
>
> Barry highlighted that the MAY can be interpreted in two ways:
>
>   1. The IMAP server must not advertise this capability until after the
> user
>      has logged in.
>
>   2. The IMAP server may advertise this capability after the user has
> logged in.
>
> Your explanation could be read as meaning that:
>
>   (a) The IMAP server can advertise this capability before the user has
> logged in.
>
>   (b) The IMAP server can advertise this capability after the user has
> logged in.
>
> Does the second sentence in the first paragraph of Section 2 mean (a) and
> (b)?
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy (as document shepherd)
>



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Thanks & Regards
-Narendra