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authorNikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de>2007-11-02 20:42:16 +0000
committerNikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de>2007-11-02 20:42:16 +0000
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Updated manpage: note that IMAP server internal message dates may differ from
user-visible date headers, and that there exist servers not supporting searches.
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@@ -415,6 +415,14 @@ There is no way around this, it's just how <application/IMAP/ works.
This does not apply, however, if you run <command/archivemail/ with the options
<option/--dry-run/ or <option/--copy/.
</Para>
+<Para>
+<command/archivemail/ relies on server-side searches to determine the messages
+that should be archived.
+When matching dates, <application/IMAP/ servers refer to server internal message
+dates, and these may differ from both delivery time and the message's
+<application/Date/ header.
+Also, there exist broken servers which do not implement server side searches.
+</Para>
<RefSect3><Title><acronym/IMAP/ <acronym/URLs/</Title>
<Para>
<command/archivemail/'s <application/IMAP/ <acronym/URL/ parser was written