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RFC 5819: IMAP4 Extension for Returning STATUS Information in Extended LIST

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Many IMAP clients display information about total number of messages / total number of unseen messages in IMAP mailboxes. In order to do that, they are forced to issue a LIST or LSUB command and to list all available mailboxes, followed by a STATUS command for each mailbox found. This document provides an extension to LIST command that allows the client to request STATUS information for mailboxes together with other information typically returned by the LIST command. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5819
Published
March 2010
Authors
A. Melnikov; T. Sirainen
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
6
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