On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 05:19:22PM -0500, Jonathan Angliss wrote:
> Hello Chris Green,
> On Wednesday, June 15, 2005, you wrote:
>
> >> I have seen questions about this but no answers.
> >>
> >> Sub-folders of INBOX are listed below any folder below INBOX that
> >> comes before INBOX in the alphabet. This would seem to be a problem
> >> with the mechanism that places INBOX at the top and then sorts
> >> subsequent folders below.
> >>
> > Surely 'Sub-folders of INBOX' and 'any folder below INBOX' are either
> > the same thing or impossible to differentiate.
>
> > As I understand it, according to the IMAP server implementation you
> > either have all your sub-folders rooted as if they were sub-folders of
> > INBOX *or* they have a separate, independent hierarchy.
>
> INBOX doesn't /have/ to be the parent folder, but it depends on the
> IMAP server's design. For example, folders in courier are all
> sub-folders of INBOX unless they appear in a different namespace, such
> as #shared as an example. Then look at cyrus or uw-imap for an
> example. Both of those allow folders to be "level" with the INBOX. It
> all really depends on the implementation.
>
However the MUA is able to hide the server implementation surely. To
my mind the MUA should present the same interface to the user
regardless of what IMAP server it's using. If, for example, you're
using two different IMAP servers with your MUA it would be rather
confusing to see a different way of handling your mailboxes depending
on what server you're using.
> >> When
> >> $list_special_folders_first =true;
> >> INBOX comes first and its' children are after the last special folder !
>
> >> config.php is set with dovecot
> >> System = FC3 Dovecot Apache
>
> > The whole idea of 'special' folders seems user unfriendly and unwanted
> > to me. I *hate* MUAs which create all sorts of their own folders all
> > over my home directory and an IMAP system that does the same (even
> > though they may not be in my home space) is almost as bad.
>
> Turn if off ;) Options | Folder Preferences.
>
Yes, but by the time you've discovered it can be turned off the damage
has been done, there are Trash and Draft folders all over the place.
Have everything turned off by default would be my preference.
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