Use SEARCH HEADER command to search for X-* header fieldsThis is a discussion on Use SEARCH HEADER command to search for X-* header fields within the IMAP forums in Other Technologies category; Hi, Is it possible to search for X-* header fields, e. g. X-Enigmail-Version? I'm trying with Googlemail and had no luck so far. My command looks like this: 6 UID SEARCH HEADER "X-Enigmail-Version" "0.95.6" The server should report 2 hits, but is reporting 0. I tried other header fields starting with "X-" as well and always get 0 hits. If I search for e. g. "Delivered-To", I get the expected results. Am I doing something wrong? Is searching for header fields starting with "X-" not allowed by the IMAP protocol? Or is Googlemail just not supporting it? Timo -- www.TimoSoft-Software.de ... | ||||||||
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04-24-2008, 01:23 PM
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 Use SEARCH HEADER command to search for X-* header fields Hi, Is it possible to search for X-* header fields, e. g. X-Enigmail-Version? I'm trying with Googlemail and had no luck so far. My command looks like this: 6 UID SEARCH HEADER "X-Enigmail-Version" "0.95.6" The server should report 2 hits, but is reporting 0. I tried other header fields starting with "X-" as well and always get 0 hits. If I search for e. g. "Delivered-To", I get the expected results. Am I doing something wrong? Is searching for header fields starting with "X-" not allowed by the IMAP protocol? Or is Googlemail just not supporting it? Timo -- www.TimoSoft-Software.de - Unicode controls for VB6 "Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither."  |
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04-24-2008, 03:24 PM
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| Re: Use SEARCH HEADER command to search for X-* header fields On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Timo Kunze posted: > Is it possible to search for X-* header fields, e. g. X-Enigmail-Version? In IMAP, yes. > I'm > trying with Googlemail and had no luck so far. My command looks like this: > 6 UID SEARCH HEADER "X-Enigmail-Version" "0.95.6" Sadly, Googlemail's IMAP server is (still) not compliant with the IMAP specification. Google even acknowledges this particular part of non-compliance. > Am I doing something wrong? Is searching for header fields starting with "X-" > not allowed by the IMAP protocol? Or is Googlemail just not supporting it? It is allowed by the IMAP protocol, but the current non-compliant Googlemail implementation does not support it. I hope that Google will make their server comply with the IMAP specification. Until that happens, this lack of compliance makes it impossible for me to recommend it. -- Mark -- http://panda.com/mrc Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote. |
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04-24-2008, 06:07 PM
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| Re: Use SEARCH HEADER command to search for X-* header fields Hi Mark, Many thanks for your quick answer. I noticed other servers don't support this as well. But good to know it is supported by the IMAP protocol, so maybe I can remove my work-around one day. Regards Timo -- www.TimoSoft-Software.de - Unicode controls for VB6 "Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither." |
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04-24-2008, 06:28 PM
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| Re: Use SEARCH HEADER command to search for X-* header fields On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Timo Kunze posted: > Many thanks for your quick answer. I noticed other servers don't support this > as well. But good to know it is supported by the IMAP protocol, so maybe I > can remove my work-around one day. UW imapd, Cyrus imapd, and Dovecot certainly support header searching I can think of several others which probably do so as well. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum. |
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