On 30.4.2013, at 2.25, Mike Abbott <michael.abbott at apple.com> wrote:
> In dovecot-2.2.1 neither the SELECT nor the EXAMINE commands include an
untagged URLMECH reply. (Note, this is not the one mandated by the RESETKEY
command.)
>
> AFAICT RFC 4467 does not require an URLMECH reply to SELECT or EXAMINE but
without it clients have no way of knowing about authorization mechanisms other
than INTERNAL. Now I know dovecot-2.2 supports only the INTERNAL mechanism at
present so this is probably harmless, but still I think it's worthwhile to
ask: Is the absence of the URLMECH reply intentional or an oversight?
I think I'll leave it out unless some day another mechanism is added:
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/lemonade/current/msg05127.html