Hello:

>> It's my understanding (maybe erroneously) that not all
>> implementations of IMAP allow for folder to contain messages
>> themselves?? I'm using the University of Washington version that
>> ships with Red Hat 7.2.

JA> That's not an erroneous statement at all. In fact, a very valid
JA> statement. This is why their is a \NoSelect option to reflect that the
JA> folder may not be selected, and may not contain mail.

>> Does anyone know how to set up folders to contain messages
>> themselves? Indeed this would solve my problem, and would even make
>> my folder structure more flexible. :-)

JA> If you cannot setup folders to contain mail, then you are indeed
JA> looking at a bug in the implementation of the IMAP protocol.  I
JA> believe Stefan is probably already working on it based on his comments
JA> earlier in this thread.  It should be interesting to see how he
JA> manages to work out what IMAP servers require you to put in the folder
JA> delimiter to make folders that may contain subs, and normal mail
JA> folders.  I think there may be a hint in the RFCs for it, I'd have to
JA> look it up.

Thanks for all the help. I think that at this point, I'll wait until
it's fixed. I appreciate the assistance.

-- 

Brian Schang


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