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@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ the last synchronization only gives a phenomenal performance boost and drastically reduces the network traffic. For convenience reasons servers must also support LIST-EXTENDED -[RFC5258], LIST-STATUS [RFC5819] and UIDPLUS [RFC4315]. Furthermore, -while InterIMAP can work with servers lacking support for LITERAL+ -[RFC2088] and MULTIAPPEND [RFC3502], these extensions greatly improve -performance by reducing the number of required round trips hence are -recommended. +[RFC5258], LIST-STATUS [RFC5819] and UIDPLUS [RFC4315]. Other supported +extensions are: + * LITERAL+ [RFC2088] non-synchronizing literals (recommended), + * MULTIAPPEND [RFC3502] (recommended), + * COMPRESS=DEFLATE [RFC4978] (recommended), + * SASL-IR [RFC4959] SASL Initial Client Response, + * UNSELECT [RFC3691], and + * BINARY [RFC3516]. ####################################################################### diff --git a/interimap.1 b/interimap.1 index e552351..988fa16 100644 --- a/interimap.1 +++ b/interimap.1 @@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ servers. Such synchronization is made possible by the QRESYNC extension from [RFC7162]; for convenience reasons servers must also support LIST\-EXTENDED [RFC5258], LIST\-STATUS [RFC5819] and UIDPLUS [RFC4315]. -Furthermore, while \fBInterIMAP\fR can work with servers lacking support -for LITERAL+ [RFC2088] and MULTIAPPEND [RFC3502], these extensions -greatly improve performance by reducing the number of required round -trips hence are recommended. +See also the \fBSUPPORTED EXTENSIONS\fR section. .PP Stateful synchronization is only possible for mailboxes supporting @@ -336,6 +333,24 @@ This option is only available in the default section, and is ignored if either server does not advertize \(lqBINARY\(rq in its capability list. (Default: \(lqYES\(rq.) +.SH SUPPORTED EXTENSIONS + +Performance is better for servers supporting the following extensions to +the IMAP4rev1 [RFC3501] protocol: + +.IP \[bu] +LITERAL+ [RFC2088] non-synchronizing literals (recommended), +.IP \[bu] +MULTIAPPEND [RFC3502] (recommended), +.IP \[bu] +COMPRESS=DEFLATE [RFC4978] (recommended), +.IP \[bu] +SASL-IR [RFC4959] SASL Initial Client Response, +.IP \[bu] +UNSELECT [RFC3691], and +.IP \[bu] +BINARY [RFC3516]. + .SH KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS .IP \[bu] @@ -354,10 +369,14 @@ a message is moved to another mailbox (using the MOVE command from [RFC6851] or COPY + STORE + EXPUNGE), moving a messages causes \fBInterIMAP\fR to believe that it was deleted while another one (which is replicated again) was added to the other mailbox in the meantime. - .IP \[bu] \(lqPLAIN\(rq and \(lqLOGIN\(rq are the only authentication mechanisms currently supported. +.IP \[bu] +\fBInterIMAP\fR will probably not work with non RFC-compliant servers. +In particular, no work-around are currently implemented beside the +tunable in the configuration file. Morever, few IMAP servers have been +tested so far. .SH AUTHOR Written by Guilhem Moulin |