Re: [fetchmail-users] [PATCH] Re: IMAP problem (fetchmail 6.3.1-pre1)

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Sunil Shetye <sh...@bo...> writes:

> Matthias, please consider this patch for 6.3.1.

I wonder if it's the right thing to do, or if the server of the day
might return the flags or some other information along with the size. I
had a quick glance at the standard, and I'm not at all sure if it's
allowed for the server to return excess information. 

At any case, if a server does that, we're dead in the water again. I'd
rather use a bit more of a parser to take the fetch response apart.

If we choose not to do that, the patch can be simplified and use this
structure:

   if (sscanf(s, "pattern", ...) == 2
    || sscanf(s, "other pattern", ...) == 2)
   {
      do whatever is appropriate
   }

What do you think?

-- 
Matthias Andree