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

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

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)