hiding dot files is a unix filesystem thing, it is not an imap thing. if folders starting with a . were meant to be hidden by imap clients, then the server simply wouldn't return them in the LIST query, now would it?
Jeff On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 13:28, Scott Otterson wrote: > I don't see what the OS has to do with this. > > Mozilla and Outlook -- neither of which require Unix -- hide the > dotfiles. If two of the most popular IMAP clients handle this situation > gracefully, then this is starting to look like an OS-independent IMAP > convention. > > Has anybody noticed how other IMAP clients handle dotfiles? > > Scott > > On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:07, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > imap != unix filesystem > > > > period. > > > > Jeff > > > > On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 13:06, Scott Otterson wrote: > > > Well, manually subscribing to a bunch of folders is a way to handle > > > this. > > > > > > But Mozilla and Outlook are smarter than that... can't evolution be too? > > > > > > On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 09:45, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > > this is a server issue, not a client issue. > > > > > > > > if your server uses dot files for state info, then it should not be > > > > listing them when we query for folders. > > > > > > > > however, you *could* simply have evo show only subscribed folders and > > > > just not subscribe to the dot folders. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 12:21, Scott Otterson wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to set up evolution to not display IMAP status dot > > > > > folders? > > > > > > > > > > The UW IMAP server I'm hooked to has a lot of folders beginning with a > > > > > period. I never look at them because they contain account info, spam > > > > > filter status and so on. They're invisible in the folder views of > > > > > mozilla, outlook express, etc., but they fill up the screen in > > > > > evolution. > > > > > > > > > > Is there an evolution XML file somewhere that I can change? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
