MUA
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... mailbox keyword that allows
multiple Mail User Agents (MUAs) to know if a requested receipt
notification was sent.
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... support of IMAP in the case where a user has access to the mailstore
from only one computer and is using a single MUA. In this case, the
MUA behaves as described in [MDN ...
... from only one computer and is using a single MUA. In this case, the
MUA behaves as described in [MDN], i.e., the MUA performs automatic
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... MUA behaves as described in [MDN], i.e., the MUA performs automatic
processing and generates corresponding MDNs, it performs requested
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... action and, with the user's permission, sends appropriate MDNs. The
MUA will not send MDN twice because the MUA keeps track of sent
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... MUA will not send MDN twice because the MUA keeps track of sent
notifications in a local configuration. However, that does not work
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... when IMAP is used to access the same mailstore from different
locations or is using different MUAs.
This document defines a new special purpose mailbox ...
... This document defines a new special purpose mailbox keyword $MDNSent
that must be used by MUAs. It does not define any new command or
response for IMAP, but describes a technique that MUAs ...
... MUAs. It does not define any new command or
response for IMAP, but describes a technique that MUAs should use to
achieve interoperability.
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... MUA to send message.
-- MUA passes message to MSA (original recipient information passed
along). MUA ...
... MUA passes message to MSA (original recipient information passed
along). MUA [optionally] saves message to a folder for sent mail
with $MDNSent flag set.
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... PERMANENTFLAGS response.
-- MUA performs automatic processing and generates corresponding MDNs
("dispatched", "processed", "deleted ...
... $MDNSent keyword, or \Draft flag set. (*)
-- MUA sets the $MDNSent keyword for every message that required an
automatic MDN to be sent, whether or not the MDN ...
... MDN was sent.
-- MUA displays a list of messages to user.
-- User selects a message and requests that some action be performed
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... on it.
-- MUA performs requested action and, with user's permission, sends
appropriate MDN ("displayed", "dispatched", "processed",
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... keyword in the APPEND.
-- MUA sets the $MDNSent keyword for all messages for which the user
confirmed the dispatching of disposition (or was explicitly
prohibited to do so).
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... MDNs are generated.
(*) Note: MUA MUST NOT use \Recent flag as an indicator that it
should send MDN, because according to [IMAP4 ...
... client MAY set the $MDNSent keyword when a user denies sending
the notification. This prohibits all other MUAs from sending MDN for
this message.
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... READ-WRITE] Completed
2) The MUA successfully sets the $MDNSent keyword
C: a200 STORE 4 +FLAGS ($MDNSent)
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