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Re: [fetchmail]Fixed UIDL + IMAP patch

2004-05-20 11:33:16
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:00:18AM -0700, Clint Sharp wrote:
IMAP unique IDs are not globally unique, unlike POP3 UIDs.

Nor are POP3 UIDLs.

IMAP IDs are unique within a particular folder, for the lifetime of that
folder.

The same applies to POP3 (which only allows you to access one folder of
course, the INBOX). A different mail on a different server could have the
same POP3 UIDL.

Regards,

Brian.