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The Internet Message Action Protocol (IMAP4) Child Mailbox Extension
draft-gahrns-imap-child-mailbox-04

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 3348.
Authors Raymond Cheng , Mike Gahrns
Last updated 2020-01-21 (Latest revision 2002-02-21)
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Informational
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draft-gahrns-imap-child-mailbox-04
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        RFC 3348

        Title:      The Internet Message Action Protocol (IMAP4) Child
                    Mailbox Extension
        Author(s):  M. Gahrns, R. Cheng
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       July 2002
        Mailbox:    mikega@microsoft.com, raych@microsoft.com
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 11868
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-gahrns-imap-child-mailbox-04.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3348.txt

The Internet Message Action Protocol (IMAP4) CHILDREN extension
provides a mechanism for a client to efficiently determine if a
particular mailbox has children, without issuing a LIST "" * or a LIST
"" % for each mailbox.

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