Re: Zero byte appends

2010-07-17 Thread Rob Mueller
Some applications (e.g. Kolab) store other objects than Mail (e.g. Addressbooks, Calendar, Tasks or Notes) in IMAP folders. They might create empty objects for some reason. Well that's pretty evil. The objects should still have a header, right? Or do they just store blobs? http://www.faqs.

Re: Zero byte appends

2010-07-16 Thread Bron Gondwana
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 03:22:38PM +0200, Michael Menge wrote: > Quoting Bron Gondwana : > > >Can anyone think of any good reason we should allow zero byte > >files to be appended via IMAP? Just that I'm currently going > >over the reconstruct code - and that's one of the few places > >where it a

Re: Zero byte appends

2010-07-16 Thread Michael Menge
Quoting Bron Gondwana : Can anyone think of any good reason we should allow zero byte files to be appended via IMAP? Just that I'm currently going over the reconstruct code - and that's one of the few places where it actually changes things. Some applications (e.g. Kolab) store other objects

Zero byte appends

2010-07-16 Thread Bron Gondwana
Can anyone think of any good reason we should allow zero byte files to be appended via IMAP? Just that I'm currently going over the reconstruct code - and that's one of the few places where it actually changes things. Reconstruct will always unlink a zero byte file and remove the record - but IMA