Mark Crispin wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
> > > We can't standardize Junk and NotJunk; they are in the wrong namespace.
> > As $ convention was never documented, I don't see this as a problem.
> > If both clients use the keywords in the same way, Junk/NoJunk versa
> > $Junk/$NoJunk is just an aestheticchange.
>
> It is more than esthetics.
>
> How do you know that "Junk" isn't my keyword to classified messages
> related to a particular type of boat found in Asia?  Or that it doesn't
> classify my "junk" (as in an affectionate term for miscellaneous messages
> that I want to keep for various reasons, e.g. jokes, etc.) as opposed to
> spam.
>
> They are indeed in the wrong namespace.

In the absence of a document that defines "$" prefix convention, this is a moot
point.

> > Besides, AOL IMAP server supports Junk/NoJunk and doesn't support storing of
> > arbitrary keywords.
>
> I would not consider AOL to be a shining example of standardization; nor
> of a model to follow, especially having installed AOL DSL for a relative
> (his insistance) and seeing for myself how AOL spits on standards and
> interoperability.

I was just saying that there are existing implementations.

Alexey
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