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Selected State Commands
Table 262 lists the message-specific commands that can only be used in the Selected state.
Table 262: IMAP Selected State Commands
Command
Parameters
Description
CHECK
None
Sets a “checkpoint” for the current mailbox. This is used to mark when a certain sequence of operations has been completed.
CLOSE
None
Explicitly closes the current mailbox and returns the session to the Authenticated state. When this command is issued, the server will also implicitly perform an EXPUNGE operation on the mailbox.
EXPUNGE
None
Permanently removes any messages that were flagged for deletion by the client. This is done automatically when a mailbox is closed.
SEARCH
Search criteria and an optional character set specification
Searches the current mailbox for messages matching the specified search criteria. The server response lists the message numbers meeting the criteria. See below.
FETCH
Sequence of message numbers and a list of message data items (or a macro)
Retrieves information about a message or set of messages from the current mailbox. See below for more details.
STORE
Sequence of message numbers, message data item name and value
Stores a value for a particular message data item for a set of messages. See below for more details.
COPY
Sequence of message numbers and a mailbox name
Copies the set of messages specified to the end of the specified mailbox.
UID
Command name and arguments
Used to allow one of the other commands above to be performed using unique identifier numbers for specifying the messages to be operated on, rather than the usual message sequence numbers.