[Dovecot] IMAP subscriptions - how, for what and why?

[Timo Sirainen]

On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 13:03 +0200, Tom Alsberg wrote:
> Again, not a Dovecot issua - but can someone clarify better what IMAP
> subscriptions (SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE/LSUB) are and what they are used
> for?

Pretty much the only point of subscriptions is that you don't have to
look at all the mailboxes that server has to offer. This is especially
useful if you have tens or hundreds of shared/public mailboxes (eg.
mailing lists or some news gateway or whatever).