the X-OfflineIMAP header

[Dan Christensen]

Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev at laposte.net> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 01:18:20PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote:
>> 
>> The other idea I mentioned, which would get rid of X-OfflineIMAP
>> headers altogether, may be a bit harder to implement, but would be
>> really great.
>
> Looks like a good idea, maybe as an option like --ignore-uuid or
> something.

I don't think it should be an option.  Offlineimap wouldn't be ignoring
the uuid, it would be obtaining it directly from the server without
adding a header or doing a search.  Just to keep this thread on track,
here's what I wrote about this option:

Dan Christensen wrote:

> 2) For IMAP servers that support UIDPLUS, it shouldn't be necessary to
> insert the X-OfflineIMAP header at all, since they return the UID of
> the APPENDed message using the APPENDUID response code:
> 
>   http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4315.html
> 
> For example, 
> 
> 1 APPEND "test" () {87}
> + OK
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:18:01 -0400 (EST)
> From: Dan <jdc at xxxxxx>
> Subject: test
> 
> test
> 
> 1 OK [APPENDUID 1254248544 10732] Append completed.
> 
> The number 10732 is the UID of the newly created message.  No need
> to alter the message with a header or to issue a separate SEARCH
> command.