- CAPABILITY - requests a listing of capabilities the server supports
C: abcd CAPABILITY
S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4
S: abcd OK CAPABILITY completed
- NOOP - does nothing but reset the inactivity timer
C: a002 NOOP
S: a002 OK NOOP completed
. . .
C: a047 NOOP
S: * 22 EXPUNGE
S: * 23 EXISTS
S: * 3 RECENT
S: * 14 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen \Deleted))
S: a047 OK NOOP completed
- LOGOUT - tell the server you are leaving
C: A023 LOGOUT
S: * BYE IMAP4 Server logging out
S: A023 OK LOGOUT completed
- AUTHENTICATE - choose an authentication mechanism
S: * OK KerberosV4 IMAP4 Server
C: A001 AUTHENTICATE KERBEROS_V4
S: + AmFYig==
C: BAcAQU5EUkVXLkNNVS5FRFUAOCAsho84kLN3/IJmrMG+25a4DT
+nZImJjnTNHJUtxAA+o0KPKfHEcAFs9a3CL5Oebe/ydHJUwYFd
WwuQ1MWiy6IesKvjL5rL9WjXUb9MwT9bpObYLGOKi1Qh
S: + or//EoAADZI=
C: DiAF5A4gA+oOIALuBkAAmw==
S: A001 OK Kerberos V4 authentication successful
Note: the line breaks in the first client answer are for
editorial clarity and are not in real authenticators.
- LOGIN username - select the mailbox for access
C: a001 LOGIN SMITH SESAME
S: a001 OK LOGIN completed
- SELECT mailboxName - choose a mailbox
C: A142 SELECT INBOX
S: * 172 EXISTS
S: * 1 RECENT
S: * OK [UNSEEN 12] Message 12 is first unseen
S: * OK [UIDVALIDITY 3857529045] UIDs valid
S: * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)
S: * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Deleted \Seen \*)] Limited
S: A142 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
- EXAMINE mailboxName - select a mailbox in read-only mode
C: A932 EXAMINE blurdybloop
S: * 17 EXISTS
S: * 2 RECENT
S: * OK [UNSEEN 8] Message 8 is first unseen
S: * OK [UIDVALIDITY 3857529045] UIDs valid
S: * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)
S: * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] No permanent flags permitted
S: A932 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed
- CREATE mailboxName - create a mailbox with the given name
C: A003 CREATE owatagusiam/
S: A003 OK CREATE completed
C: A004 CREATE owatagusiam/blurdybloop
S: A004 OK CREATE completed
- DELETE mailboxName - remove a mailbox
C: A683 DELETE blurdybloop
S: A683 OK DELETE completed
- RENAME oldMailbox newMailbox - rename a mailbox
C: Z4S9 RENAME blurdybloop owatagusiam
S: Z4S9 OK RENAME completed
- SUBSCRIBE mailbox - adds the mailbox to active mailbox list
C: A002 SUBSCRIBE #news.comp.mail.mime
S: A002 OK SUBSCRIBE completed
- UNSUBSCRIBE mailbox - removes the mailbox from the active list
C: A002 UNSUBSCRIBE #news.comp.mail.mime
S: A002 OK UNSUBSCRIBE completed
- LIST reference name - list mailboxes that match the wildcard name
For example, here are some examples of how references
and mailbox names might be interpreted on a UNIX-based
server:
Reference Mailbox Name Interpretation
------------ ------------ --------------
~smith/Mail/ foo.* ~smith/Mail/foo.*
archive/ % archive/%
#news. comp.mail.* #news.comp.mail.*
~smith/Mail/ /usr/doc/foo /usr/doc/foo
archive/ ~fred/Mail/* ~fred/Mail/*
C: A002 LIST "~/Mail/" "%"
S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" ~/Mail/foo
S: * LIST () "/" ~/Mail/meetings
S: A002 OK LIST completed
- LSUB reference name - list subset of names that are active
C: A002 LSUB "#news." "comp.mail.*"
S: * LSUB () "." #news.comp.mail.mime
S: * LSUB () "." #news.comp.mail.misc
S: A002 OK LSUB completed
- APPEND mailboxName (list) (string) literal - append literal to msg
C: A003 APPEND saved-messages (\Seen) {310}
C: Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 21:52:25 -0800 (PST)
C: From: Fred Foobar <foobar@Blurdybloop.COM>
C: Subject: afternoon meeting
C: To: mooch@owatagu.siam.edu
C: Message-Id: <B27397-0100000@Blurdybloop.COM>
C: MIME-Version: 1.0
C: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
C:
C: Hello Joe, do you think we can meet at 3:30 tomorrow?
C:
S: A003 OK APPEND completed
- CHECK - checkpoint the currently selected mailbox
C: FXXZ CHECK
S: FXXZ OK CHECK Completed
- CLOSE - close the currently selected mailbox and delete tagged msgs
C: A341 CLOSE
S: A341 OK CLOSE completed
- EXPUNGE - delete tagged msgs
C: A202 EXPUNGE
S: * 3 EXPUNGE
S: * 3 EXPUNGE
S: * 5 EXPUNGE
S: * 8 EXPUNGE
S: A202 OK EXPUNGE completed
- SEARCH charset criteria - search mailboxes for matching msg
C: A282 SEARCH FLAGGED SINCE 1-Feb-1994 NOT FROM "Smith"
S: * SEARCH 2 84 882
S: A282 OK SEARCH completed
- FETCH msgset msgdata - retrieve data associate with msg
C: A654 FETCH 2:4 (FLAGS RFC822.HEADER.LINES (DATE FROM))
S: * 2 FETCH ....
S: * 3 FETCH ....
S: * 4 FETCH ....
S: A003 OK FETCH completed
- PARTIAL seqno data position number - fetch part of a message
C: A005 PARTIAL 4 RFC822 1 1024
S: * 1 FETCH (RFC822 {1024}
S: Return-Path: <gray@cac.washington.edu>
S: ...
S: ......... FLAGS (\Seen))
S: A005 OK PARTIAL completed
- STORE msgset data value - change a message
C: A003 STORE 2:4 +FLAGS (\Deleted)
S: * 2 FETCH FLAGS (\Deleted \Seen)
S: * 3 FETCH FLAGS (\Deleted)
S: * 4 FETCH FLAGS (\Deleted \Flagged \Seen)
S: A003 OK STORE completed
- COPY - msgset mailbox - copy a message to the destination mailbox
C: A003 COPY 2:4 MEETING
S: A003 OK COPY completed
- UID cmdname cmdargs - use unique identifiers
C: A003 UID FETCH 4827313:4828442 FLAGS
S: * 23 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen) UID 4827313)
S: * 24 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen) UID 4827943)
S: * 25 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen) UID 4828442)
S: A999 UID FETCH completed
- X<atom> - experimental command
C: a441 CAPABILITY
S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 XPIG-LATIN
S: a441 OK CAPABILITY completed
C: A442 XPIG-LATIN
S: * XPIG-LATIN ow-nay eaking-spay ig-pay atin-lay
S: A442 OK XPIG-LATIN ompleted-cay
