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RFC 5162, "IMAP4 Extensions for Quick Mailbox Resynchronization", March 2008

Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 7162

Errata ID: 1807
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Timo Sirainen
Date Reported: 2009-07-14
Verifier Name: Alexey Melnikov
Date Verified: 2009-07-18

Section 1 says:

It should say:

   Once a "CONDSTORE enabling command" is issued by the client, the
   server MUST automatically include both UID and mod-sequence data in
   all subsequent untagged FETCH responses (until the connection is
   closed), whether they were caused by a regular STORE/UID STORE, a
   STORE/UID STORE with UNCHANGEDSINCE modifier, or an external agent.
   Note that this rule doesn't affect untagged FETCH responses caused by
   a FETCH command that doesn't include UID and/or MODSEQ FETCH data
   item, or UID FETCH without the MODSEQ FETCH data item.

Notes:

Rationale:

It's very difficult for clients to make use of unsolicited FETCH responses without the UID field. This is made even worse by the text that says "servers SHOULD NOT send UIDs for previously expunged messages [in VANISHED replies]". Since it's not a MUST NOT, a conversation with an RFC compliant server could be for example:

A1 NOOP
* 0 EXISTS
A1 OK
A2 NOOP
* 10 EXISTS
* VANISHED 1000:2000
* 3 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen) MODSEQ (14749))
* 5 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen) MODSEQ (14749))
* VANISHED 2000:3000
A2 OK NOOP Completed

The client couldn't do anything with the information from FETCH replies, because it can't know what messages they refer to.

Errata ID: 1808
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Timo Sirainen
Date Reported: 2009-07-14
Verifier Name: Alexey Melnikov
Date Verified: 2009-07-18

Section 3.4 says:

   If at least one message got expunged, the server MUST send
   the updated per-mailbox modification
   sequence using the HIGHESTMODSEQ response code (defined in
   [CONDSTORE]) in the tagged OK response.

      Example:    C: A202 CLOSE
                  S: A202 OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 20010715194045319] done

It should say:

   The server MUST NOT send the updated per-mailbox modification
   sequence using the HIGHESTMODSEQ response code (defined in
   [CONDSTORE]) in the tagged OK response, as this might cause loss of
   synchronization on the client.

      Example:    C: A202 CLOSE
                  S: A202 OK done

Notes:

Rationale:

The HIGHESTMODSEQ can't be used reliably unless server sends to client all changes done by other clients. Even then it's difficult for both clients and servers to implement this. For example:

C1: 2 STORE 1 +FLAGS.SILENT \Deleted
S1: * 1 FETCH (MODSEQ 1)
S1: 2 OK

C2: 1 STORE 2 +FLAGS.SILENT \Deleted
S1: * 2 FETCH (MODSEQ 2)
S2: 1 OK

C1: 3 CLOSE
S1: 3 [HIGHESTMODSEQ 3]

The client probably thought that only message 1 was expunged, so it
doesn't register the second expunge. And it probably never will if it
uses QRESYNC to find out only about new expunges.

And even worse example would be if the second client had also removed
the \Deleted flag from message 1. Then the first client would have
registered wrong message to be expunged.

Errata ID: 1809
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Timo Sirainen
Date Reported: 2009-07-14
Verifier Name: Alexey Melnikov
Date Verified: 2009-07-18

Section 5 says:

   After completing a full synchronization, the client MUST also take
   note of any unsolicited MODSEQ FETCH data items received from the
   server.  Whenever the client receives a tagged response to a command,
   it calculates the highest value among all MODSEQ FETCH data items
   received since the last tagged response.  If this value is bigger
   than the client's copy of the HIGHESTMODSEQ value, then the client
   MUST use this value as its new HIGHESTMODSEQ value.

   Note: It is not safe to update the client's copy of the HIGHESTMODSEQ
   value with a MODSEQ FETCH data item value as soon as it is received
   because servers are not required to send MODSEQ FETCH data items in
   increasing modseqence order.  This can lead to the client missing
   some changes in case of connectivity loss.

It should say:

   After completing a full synchronization, the client MUST also take
   note of any unsolicited MODSEQ FETCH data items and HIGHESTMODSEQ
   response codes received from the server.  Whenever the client receives
   a tagged response to a command, it checks the received unsolicited
   responses to calculate the new HIGHESTMODSEQ value.  If the
   HIGHESTMODSEQ response code is received, the client MUST use it even
   if it has seen higher mod-sequences.  Otherwise, the client calculates
   the highest value among all MODSEQ FETCH data items received since the
   last tagged response.  If this value is bigger than the client's copy
   of the HIGHESTMODSEQ value, then the client MUST use this value as its
   new HIGHESTMODSEQ value.

      Example:    C: A1 STORE 1:2 (UNCHANGEDSINCE 96) +FLAGS.SILENT \Seen
                  S: * 1 FETCH (UID 6 MODSEQ (103))
                  S: * 2 FETCH (UID 7 MODSEQ (101))
                  S: * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 99] VANISHED reply with
		      MODSEQ 100 is delayed
                  S: A1 OK [MODIFIED 3] done

                  C: A2 STORE 3 +FLAGS.SILENT \Seen
                  S: * 3 FETCH (UID 8 MODSEQ (104))
                  S: A2 OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 99] Still delaying VANISHED

                  C: A3 NOOP
                  S: * VANISHED 8
                  S: A3 OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 104] done

   Note: It is not safe to update the client's copy of the HIGHESTMODSEQ
   value with a MODSEQ FETCH data item value as soon as it is received
   because servers are not required to send MODSEQ FETCH data items in
   increasing modseqence order.  Some commands may also delay EXPUNGE
   (or VANISHED) replies with smaller mod-sequences. These can lead to
   the client missing some changes in case of connectivity loss.

Notes:

Rationale:

Otherwise clients could lose changes in case of connectivity loss.

Errata ID: 1810
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Timo Sirainen
Date Reported: 2009-07-14
Verifier Name: Alexey Melnikov
Date Verified: 2009-07-18

Section 1 says:

It should say:

   Server implementing QRESYNC MUST send untagged events to client in a
   way that client doesn't lose any changes in case of connectivity loss.
   In particular this means that if server sends MODSEQ FETCH data items
   while EXPUNGE (or VANISHED) replies with lower mod-sequences are being
   delayed, the server MUST send HIGHESTMODSEQ response code with a lower
   value than the EXPUNGE's mod-sequence. See example in section 5.

Notes:

This is related to the other errata in section 5, which describes what the client's behavior should be. This describes what the server's behavior should be. Would have been nice to put them into the same section, but that probably would require larger changes.

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