RFC 9586

IMAP Extension for Using and Returning Unique Identifiers (UIDs) Only, May 2024

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Status:
EXPERIMENTAL
Authors:
A. Melnikov
A. P. Achuthan
V. Nagulakonda
A. Singh
L. Alves
Stream:
IETF
Source:
extra (art)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9586

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Abstract

The UIDONLY extension to the Internet Message Access Protocol (RFCs 3501 and 9051) allows clients to enable a mode in which information about mailbox changes is returned using only Unique Identifiers (UIDs). Message numbers are not returned in responses and cannot be used in requests once this extension is enabled. This helps both clients and servers to reduce resource usage required to maintain a map between message numbers and UIDs.

This document defines an experimental IMAP extension.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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