* Andreas Aardal Hanssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >No, binc imapd is wrong in this case. I quote from the spec:
> >---
> >A unique name can be anything that doesn't contain a colon (or
> >slash) and doesn't start with a dot.
> >---
> We read the spec differently. One of your applications is not following
> the convention for writing messages. That application is broken.

There is nothing to be read differently. A unique name can be
anything that does not contain a ":" and does not start with a ".".
 
> Binc IMAP skips filenames with a messed up format. Wether an application
> skips filenames without the required format or not, is not a part of the
> spec.

Where do you read what the required format is?

http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html

States two possibilities to create a unique name.
Binc imapd uses neither of them, which is fine, because the name
just has to be unique.

Everybody makes mistakes ;)

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