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Re: [lemonade] WGLC compress-02: multiple COMPRESS algorithms

More comments below.

Tony Hansen wrote:

Just in case, some future algorithms may require arguments to be passed.
I suggest adding the following to the compress ABNF:

compress = "COMPRESS" SP algorithm *[SP argument]
argument = 1*TEXT


Should this be "astring" at least?

I suggest we either use RFC 4466 or not define any extensions at all. I prefer the latter.

For the IANA considerations section, I think the following would be
appropriate:

7. IANA Considerations

   The IANA is requested to add COMPRESS=DEFLATE to the list of IMAP
   extensions.

   The IANA is requested to maintain one new registry: IMAP Compression
   Algorithms. The registry's purpose is to register compression
   algorithms that may be used with this extension.  New IMAP
   algorithms MUST be defined in a standards track or IESG approved
   experimental RFC.  New IMAP compression algorithms MUST include the
   following information as part of their definition:

algorithm identifier
optional arguments


I would change this to "optional arguments to COMPRESS command"

standard commands affected
specification reference
discussion


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