IMAP

gistfile1.txt

C: <client connects to service port 143>
S: * OK example.com IMAP4rev1 v12.264 server ready
C: A0001 USER "frobozz" "xyzzy"
S: * OK User frobozz authenticated
C: A0002 SELECT INBOX
S: * 1 EXISTS
S: * 1 RECENT
S: * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
S: * OK [UNSEEN 1] first unseen message in /var/spool/mail/esr
S: A0002 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
C: A0003 FETCH 1 RFC822.SIZE                    Get message sizes
S: * 1 FETCH (RFC822.SIZE 2545)
S: A0003 OK FETCH completed
C: A0004 FETCH 1 BODY[HEADER]                   Get first message header
S: * 1 FETCH (RFC822.HEADER {1425}
<server sends 1425 octets of message payload>
S: )
S: A0004 OK FETCH completed
C: A0005 FETCH 1 BODY[TEXT]                     Get first message body
S: * 1 FETCH (BODY[TEXT] {1120}
<server sends 1120 octets of message payload>
S: )
S: * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent \Seen))
S: A0005 OK FETCH completed
C: A0006 LOGOUT
S: * BYE example.com IMAP4rev1 server terminating connection
S: A0006 OK LOGOUT completed
C: <client hangs up>