require 'rmail'
require 'cgi'
+## TODO: remove synchronized method protector calls; use a Monitor instead
+## (ruby's reentrant mutex)
+
## fucking imap fucking sucks. what the FUCK kind of committee of dunces
## designed this shit.
##
## restriction. it can change any time you log in. it can change EVERY
## time you log in. of course the imap spec "strongly recommends" that it
## never change, but there's nothing to stop people from just setting it
-## to the current timestamp, and in fact that's exactly what the one imap
+## to the current timestamp, and in fact that's EXACTLY what the one imap
## server i have at my disposal does. thus the so-called uids are
## absolutely useless and imap provides no cross-session way of uniquely
## identifying a message. but thanks for the "strong recommendation",