On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Norman Maurer <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/1/22 Stefano Bagnara <[email protected]>: >> 2010/1/22 Robert Burrell Donkin <[email protected]>: > > </SNIP> >>> >>> IMAP sets flags based on SMTP. JavaMail sets flags based on SMTP but >>> not compatibly. IMAP-vs-POP3 eg POP3 delete has different semantics >>> from IMAP's delete so separate flags are needed. (i suspect that most >>> users wouldn't expect mail to disappear from IMAP just because a mail >>> client has been configured with autodeletion.) >> >> Great! I never thought at this. So you say that a single user >> "mailstore" accessed with both IMAP and POP3 should not delete email >> when accessed via pop3 with the delete on ? I don't know how other >> products work with this regard: have you done any "survey" ? The only >> one I know is Gmail and when you delete in POP3 it doesn't indeed >> deletes your email for real. This is not only a change in the >> "interface" of the repository but also a change in the functional >> behaviour of the repository (or of our pop3 implementation). >> (I'm not against, this, just trying to collect requirements, ideas). >> > > In dovecot and courier when you delete an email via pop3 its gone.. I > think thats the right solution.
this solution causes issues for IMAP clients for practical reasons, clients like thunderbird need some folders to be non-compliant with the IMAP spec (eg "Sent"). so, i think this would work best as a configurable option so admins could decide whether POP3 would really delete or just mark deleted. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
