IMAP4 Multimailbox SEARCH Extension

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 11
Abstract: The IMAP4 specification allows the searching of only the selected mailbox. A user often wants to search multiple mailboxes, and a client that wishes to support this must issue a series of SELECT and SEARCH commands, waiting for each to complete before moving on to the next. This extension allows a client to search multiple mailboxes with one command, limiting the delays caused by many round trips and not requiring disruption of the currently selected mailbox. This extension also uses MAILBOX, UIDVALIDITY, and TAG fields in ESEARCH responses, allowing a client to pipeline the searches if it chooses. This document updates RFC 4466 and obsoletes RFC 6237.
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC7377
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7377
Author(s): Barry Leiba
Alexey Melnikov
Keyword(s): IMAP, Email, Search

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IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2978 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3501 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4314 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4466 [Active*]
RFC4731 — ESEARCH EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 5182 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5234 [Active, Amended*]
RFC5267 — IMAP-CONTEXT EXTERNAL
RFC5465 — IMAP-NOTIFY EXTERNAL
RFC5530 — RFC5530 EXTERNAL

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RFC6203 — RFC6203 EXTERNAL

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