configurable is fine... Bye, Norman
2010/1/22 Robert Burrell Donkin <[email protected]>: > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
