Example5.9.An IMAP session example.

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>