Mark Crispin wrote: > On Wed, 01 May 2002 20:28:22 -0400, David Morsberger wrote: > >>Is there plans to incorporate this feature in UW IMAP 2000a?
I'd vote for yes too, but read on. > "Dual-use" patches to flat file formats create a break in the name space > between the UNIX filesystem and IMAP mailbox names. This, in turn, breaks the > use of UNIX shell tools and scripts which deal with mailbox files. I'd suggest to add is a config option, much like CREATEPROTO=mbxproto It shouldn't be the default so it would not break anything. > "Dual-use" mailboxes also make life a lot harder for users of clients which > comply with the IMAP standard. But it's very hard not to have dual-use mailboxes because that's a real life and users can't differentiate between a folder where they can't store mails, because on the system it's a directory, and normal folders. I don't really know the imap protocoll very well, I just need an imap server as a sys-admin. So please be so kind and elaborate a bit why dual-use mailboxes make life harder for imap complient clients. Just my 2 euro cents. -- MfG / Regards Friedrich Lobenstock
