Is this intentional? Closing the connection without warning doesn't seem like the best response...
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- % printf "1 select \"INBOX\"\n2 search body quack\n3 logout\n" | /opt/local/libexec/dovecot/imap * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE SEARCH=FUZZY] Logged in as dave * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft gnus-forward gnus-expire) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft gnus-forward gnus-expire \*)] Flags permitted. * 31 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1349969399] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1376] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 2908] Highest 1 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. imap(dave): Info: Connection closed in=45 out=2027404 % --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software Development Training http://www.boostpro.com Clang/LLVM/EDG Compilers C++ Boost