Re: [Evolution] SOLVED (probably) Re: "Error while performing operation. Cannot get message with message ID ..."

[Volker Wysk <post volker-wysk de>]

Am Samstag, den 03.08.2019, 23:06 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Am Samstag, den 03.08.2019, 21:41 +0100 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > On Sat, 2019-08-03 at 20:18 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > > > The server reported a message as being present, but then can't
> > > > deliver
> > > > it. How is this different from an actual server-side error and
> > > > how is
> > > > the client supposed to know?
> > >
> > > It may be a server-side error. But when the server can't deliver
> > > the
> > > message, because meanwhile some other agent did something to it
> > > (deleted it, for instance, or moved it somewhere), then it's
> > > not. 
> > >
> > > I'm afraid that the client can't know. The server would have to
> > > remember that there was a message with that ID, which has now
> > > expired.
> > > Then it could tell the client "ID expired" instead of "ID
> > > invalid".
> >
> > So your suggestion is to change the IMAP protocol and have all IMAP
> > servers implement the change. Good luck with that.
>
> No. I'm just trying to make things clear.
>
> I'd suggest, is that evolution should just ignore the server's
> response ("invalid id") in the context which we have here, since it
> can
> be perfectly okay, and not be a server-side error.

I mean, evolution should ignore the server's response and cancel what
it was about to do. Of course it can't just continue, after the
"invalid id" response has happened.


Volker