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

[Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>]

Hi SM,

On 10/12/2015 20:34, S Moonesamy wrote:
> Hi Alexey, Naren,
> At 09:19 10-12-2015, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
>> The it means that the limit applies to all users. However the server 
>> can also return another limit for some users after logging in, which 
>> will override the globally announced limit. So it is not OR, but AND/OR.
>
> This is from Section 2:
>
>   C: t1 CAPABILITY
>   S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 ID APPENDLIMIT=257890
>   S: t1 OK foo
>
> The explanation (above that text in the draft) says that 257890 is for 
> all mailboxes.  In Section 3 there is the following:
>
>   "IMAP server can have mailbox specific APPENDLIMIT value, which
>    will not be advertised as part of CAPABILITY response."
>
> Won't the IMAP client assume that the IMAP server would not have 
> advertised "257890" as the limit if there is a mailbox specific 
> APPENDLIMIT value?
Right, if the server has different limits for different mailboxes, it 
would have advertised just "APPENDLIMIT".

I was talking about APPENDLIMIT=<n> being returned before and after 
authentication and what it means. See my reply to Dave.

Best Regards,
Alexey