of the UIDS specification, and the cdr is the one which works with
Exchange 2007 or, potentially, other buggy servers.
See `imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround'."
- ;; We don't unconditionally use the alternative (valid) form, since
- ;; this is said to be significantly inefficient. The first time we
- ;; get here for a given, we'll try the canonical form. If we get
- ;; the known error from the buggy server, set the flag
- ;; buffer-locally (to account for connections to multiple servers),
- ;; then re-try with the alternative UIDS spec.
+ ;; The first time we get here for a given, we'll try the canonical
+ ;; form. If we get the known error from the buggy server, set the
+ ;; flag buffer-locally (to account for connections to multiple
+ ;; servers), then re-try with the alternative UIDS spec. We don't
+ ;; unconditionally use the alternative form, since the
+ ;; currently-used alternatives are seriously inefficient with some
+ ;; servers (although they are valid).
+ ;;
+ ;; FIXME: Maybe it would be cleaner to have a flag to not signal
+ ;; the error (which otherwise gives a message), and test
+ ;; `imap-failed-tags'. Also, Other IMAP clients use other forms of
+ ;; request which work with Exchange, e.g. Claws does "UID FETCH 1:*
+ ;; (UID)" rather than "FETCH UID 1,*". Is there a good reason not
+ ;; to do the same?
(condition-case data
- (imap-fetch (if imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround
- (cdr uids)
- (car uids))
- props receive nouidfetch buffer)
+ ;; Binding `debug-on-error' allows us to get the error from
+ ;; `imap-parse-response' -- it's normally caught by Emacs around
+ ;; execution of a process filter.
+ (let ((debug-on-error t))
+ (imap-fetch (if imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround
+ (cdr uids)
+ (car uids))
+ props receive nouidfetch buffer))
(error
(if (and (not imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround)
- (string-match
- "The specified message set is invalid"
- (cadr data)))
+ ;; This is the Exchange 2007 response. It may be more
+ ;; robust just to check for a BAD response to the
+ ;; attempted fetch.
+ (string-match "The specified message set is invalid"
+ (cadr data)))
(with-current-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer))
- (set (make-local-variable
- 'imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround)
+ (set (make-local-variable 'imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround)
t)
(imap-fetch (cdr uids) props receive nouidfetch))
(signal (car data) (cdr data))))))
imap-list-to-message-set
imap-fetch-asynch
imap-fetch
+ imap-fetch-safe
imap-message-put
imap-message-get
imap-message-map