On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:40:21AM +0300, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 07:55:41PM +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > > > >> Timo Sirainen wrote: > >>> On Sep 25, 2009, at 4:14 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > >>>> Has anyone seen an approach or a solution that solves the problem > >>>> from a users > >>>> point of view? A server side alias list that maps to a server > >>>> standard? > >>> Symlinks maybe? Or something similar done internally. The main > >>> problem would anyway be LIST command, should it show all of them or > >>> somehow try to figure out which one to show? > >> > >> Do the clients identify which program they are? > > > > No. And one of the first commands they typically do is LIST. So there > > are no good ways to solve this. > > > > Although I haven't really seen much problems myself. Linux clients allow > > changing what mailboxes they use, so I just configure them to use the > > same as Apple Mail.. > > Given than you seem to bless Apple Mail folder structures it makes it > a good candidate to try to push as a standard for others to > copy. Maybe there could be example setups/configs shipped with dovecot > that maps other naming conventions to Apple's? In that way dovecot > would start to inforce the use of a standard which in the long term > could become a real standard. > > If Apple's structure are not the best to go with, then we could use > some other naming convention, I just trust that Timo's choice is not a > bad one. ;)
I forgot to ask: How do Apple Mail's structures look like? -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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