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Re: POP3 STAT command

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> May 30, 2001
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----- Original Message -----
From: <gertie at ad-tek.net>
Subject: POP3 STAT command


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>
> On 29 May 2001, at 19:16, Irv Mullins wrote:
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> >
> > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Kat wrote:
> > > > Anyone have any idea what practical use the STAT command is?
> > =================
> >
> > It gives the total # of undeleted messages and total size.
>  It didn't give me the size on this isp, and the form of the total number
was odd too, >  if it didn't correspond to RFC1725. LIST worked on 2 isps so
far.
>
> Kat

The number is in octets. If your mail server doesn't reply in the form
+OK 2 1234
where 2 is the number of undeleted (not unread) messages, and
1234 is the total size in octets, then it isn't compliant.
According to RFC 1725: (also RFC 1939) STAT is one of the non-optional
commands:

<quote>
   Here are the POP3 commands valid in the TRANSACTION state:

      STAT

         Arguments: none

         Restrictions:
             may only be given in the TRANSACTION state

         Discussion:
             The POP3 server issues a positive response with a line
             containing information for the maildrop.  This line is
             called a "drop listing" for that maildrop.

             In order to simplify parsing, all POP3 servers required to
             use a certain format for drop listings.  The positive
             response consists of "+OK" followed by a single space, the
             number of messages in the maildrop, a single space, and the
             size of the maildrop in octets.  This memo makes no
             requirement on what follows the maildrop size.  Minimal
             implementations should just end that line of the response
             with a CRLF pair.  More advanced implementations may
             include other information.

                NOTE: This memo STRONGLY discourages implementations
                from supplying additional information in the drop
                listing.  Other, optional, facilities are discussed
                later on which permit the client to parse the messages
                in the maildrop.

             Note that messages marked as deleted are not counted in
             either total.

         Possible Responses:
             +OK nn mm

         Examples:
             C: STAT
             S: +OK 2 320
</quote>

Regards,
Irv