On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Ken Murchison wrote:
> For those of us still trying to understand the downsides of this, can
> you provide an example of how such "ambiguity" would case incorrect
> client behavior?

If LIST does not inform the client that the name exists, then the client
may attempt a CREATE command that will not succeed, and in turn be unable
to proceed.  There is no status code that says "can not create this
mailbox because this name is already a directory" or "can not create this
directory because it already exists as a directory".

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