Subject: IMAP or PC-PINE problem?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 16:21:45 -0800

We have IMAP 3.2 and PC-PINE 3.89.   When trying to save a message to a
folder on the mainframe (the IMAP server) is says "IMAP error: APPEND
request unknown:"  then "Save Request Unknown:".  It works fine if you
save them on the local PC.  I had assumed it was a problem with the
IMAP server, however another IMAP client "Mailstrom" (a mac client) will
save folders on the mainframe just fine.

Anyone have any helpful hints?

Randy Bell
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From: Mark Crispin <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 16:49:43 -0800 (PST)

> save folders on the mainframe just fine.

It appears that you are running the old Stanford IMAP2 server which is 
based on RFC-1064.  You need to have an IMAP2bis server, such as the UW 
IMAP server, in order to save messages on the server from PC Pine.

Note that the Stanford IMAP2 server uses the COPY command, and thus can 
only copy messages from one folder on the server to the other.  IMAP2bis 
servers have the more general APPEND command (which is what PC Pine 
uses), so the source and destination can be different systems.

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 17:04:40 -0800 (PST)

Randy,

IMAP 3.2(85) is a very ancient version of imapd.  You should download the 
latest version from ftp.cac.washington.edu.  The source is in the file 
mail/imap.tar.Z or there are selected binaroes in the mail/unix-bin 
directory.

Thanks for the report!

--DLM

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