[Tickets #8012] Re: IMAP Login Loging Fail Message

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  Ticket             | 8012
  Updated By         | Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>
  Summary            | IMAP Login Loging Fail Message
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 4.3.3
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Not A Bug
  Priority           | 3. High
  Milestone          |
  Patch              | 1
  Owners             |
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Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> (2009-02-19 20:12) wrote:

You are not understanding the protocol. What the text that you quoted  
means is that the client cannot sent the octets of the literal (i.e.  
the password) until the client receives the command continuation  
response (+) it does *not* mean that we cannot send a octet count to  
the server unsolicited.

Further reading:
4.3.    String

    A string is in one of two forms: either literal or quoted
    string.  The literal form is the general form of string.  The
    quoted string form is an alternative that avoids the overhead of
    processing a literal at the cost of limitations of characters
    which may be used.

    A literal is a sequence of zero or more octets (including CR and
    LF), prefix-quoted with an octet count in the form of an open
    brace ("{"), the number of octets, close brace ("}"), and CRLF.
    In the case of literals transmitted from server to client, the
    CRLF is immediately followed by the octet data.  In the case of
    literals transmitted from client to server, the client MUST wait
    to receive a command continuation request (described later in
    this document) before sending the octet data (and the remainder
    of the command).