ruby / ruby/net-imap

Update parser grammar to match RFC3501 and RFC4466

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IMAP4rev1 IMAP4rev2
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Description

  • parse most responses in the wild, generally correctly 🙂
  • #6 ATOM-CHAR vs ASTRING-CHAR
  • #6 CAPABILITY from response code
  • #8 resp-text may begin with "[" or "=""]"
  • #9 add BADCHARSET response code (Errata Exist)
  • Complete IMAP4rev1 ABNF (Errata Exist)
  • #35
  • #113

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Research direction

Start by locating the parser grammar and comparing its remaining unchecked work with the RFC3501 errata and RFC4466 requirements linked in the issue. Done means the IMAP4rev1 ABNF is complete and the parser handles the specified grammar cases; the issue names no particular files or tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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