[Oberon] Email UID.

[Joerg]

UID is a unique identifier to uniquely identify a message in a mailbox folder.
In POP3, it‘s an arbitrary string with max 70 chars
In IMAP, it‘s a 32bit number (converted to string)

You could write an email server for both protocols using the same UID coding, namely a 32bit number (0.. 4294967295) as string. Whenever you create a new message (or move one to a new folder) you have to generate a new UID. You could do that by advancing a global counter by one, or take the process ticks…

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Jörg

> Am 18.12.2022 um 18:32 schrieb peter at easthope.ca:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In the Wikibook I want to add something about UID in email.
> 
> This article about IMAP mentions UID but doesn't explain the role well. 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol#Disadvantages
> 
> UID is used in ETHO which has POP and SMTP but not IMAP.
> 
> Where are good descriptions? Preferably with URL not too ephemeral.
> 
> Thx,                                ... P.L.
> 
> 
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