On Wed, 01 May 2002 22:41:09 -0400, David Morsberger wrote: > I read through the patch documentation at the link provided and it appears > that the dual-use implementation hides the details from the client. If that > is the case then all existing clients that use UW-IMAP should work. > > Am I missing something?
Dual-use is not hidden from a shell user. The mailbox name is no longer the same as its filesystem name. Nor, for that matter, is it hidden from a user of a client which knows what do do when you select a single-use mailbox name, but must now choose between two different commands when the server suddenly is changed to have dual-use names. Put another way, switching to dual-use will change client behavior in ways that can cause user confusion. It is a fundamental design goal in the traditional UNIX driver in UW imapd to maintain compatibility with UNIX conventions and traditions. There are people who choose UW imapd specifically for this reason. It was also a design decision to follows this tradition in the mbx format driver. There are multiple choices open to people who do not care about compatibility with UNIX conventions and tradition. These choices include using a different server, using one of the dual-use formats in UW imapd, or using a modified UW imapd. The official version of UW imapd will maintain its current level of compatibility with UNIX conventions and tradition. If you modify UW imapd, please remember the license requirement to label it as a modified version, so I don't have to waste time with bug reports from it.
