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PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 6237

Updates:

RFC 4466

Authors:

B. Leiba
A. Melnikov

Stream:

IETF

Source:

appsawg (app)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7377

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Abstract

The IMAP4 specification allows the searching of only the selectedmailbox. A user often wants to search multiple mailboxes, and aclient that wishes to support this must issue a series of SELECT andSEARCH commands, waiting for each to complete before moving on to thenext. This extension allows a client to search multiple mailboxeswith one command, limiting the delays caused by many round trips andnot requiring disruption of the currently selected mailbox. Thisextension also uses MAILBOX, UIDVALIDITY, and TAG fields in ESEARCHresponses, allowing a client to pipeline the searches if it chooses.This document updates RFC 4466 and obsoletes RFC 6237.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.