On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:30:10AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I'm noticing that the imap server FLAGS under thunderbird are coming in > with the flag "Junk". This is from the client side filtering code that > Thunderbird has (I assume). > > I thought IMAP Flags where more fixed than that, or can any client > create any Flags within syntactical reason for the IMAP server to store?
Imap supports system flags and keyword flags. System flags (\Seen, \Deleted, etc.) are defined by the IMAP specification and always begin with a \. Keyword flags are server-specific. Some servers allow the client to define new keyword flags, but it is not a requirement for a server. See section 2.3.2 of RFC 3501. -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL
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