On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 08:36 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 10:34 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > Is there scope for a "read-only" flag when creating an IMAP account or > > even on specific folders - so that Evo knows early on not to accept > > any changes to it? Would it allow streamlining of some Evo > > operations? It's not something I have ever wanted and I'm not sure if > > would use it, but I can see the use cases? > > Evo does respect read-only folders as set by the IMAP server. My > institution uses them for local public mailing lists. Users can read > messages but not delete them (the "read" state is local to each user and > maintained by the MUA) and we don't have thousands of copies of the same > message on the mail server. > > You can also set up ACLs to share folders with a specific set of other > users, either read or write. We use Cyrus BTW. > Asking from a pure desire to know (and not doubting at all what you say!)...
How does Evo know if a folder becomes read only? If for example an admin changes the ACL on an IMAP folder that Evo is already subscribed to, is that change indicated back to Evo? P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
