On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Josko Plazonic wrote:
> when imap server uses mbox driver shouldn't it not list mbox as one of
> the folders, i.e. shouldn't it hide it as long as mbox driver is in use?
> I know it is not something dangerous but it could be confusing to some
> users ("hey, what's this mbox folder, let's delete it!").
Empirical evidence from the past suggests that such hiding causes more
problems than it prevents.
It is also not a trivial matter to know if the mbox driver is "in use"; in
particular, if INBOX is not selected then it is necessary to do the INBOX
selection procedure (at least to the point of identifying the driver). A
further complexity is in knowing whether a file named "mbox" is the INBOX
or some other file that happens to have that name (remember that multiple
paths can refer to the same directory).
I can offer you some pointers as to how to go about doing this, should you
wish to undertake the effort in your own copy, but I decline to get into
that business in the official source.
-- Mark --
http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
