[Dovecot] Feature wish: "Virtual" POP3 folder with IMAP

[Timo Sirainen]

On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 20:44 +0200, jbdovecot at fcgh.net wrote:
> is it possible to implement a "flat folder view" for POP3 users?  

v1.2 has virtual mailboxes where you could create a virtual INBOX for
POP3 users.

> 	- What happens if the POP3 client deletes a message, which is the
> default behavior of Outlook and friends?  Proposed logic: really delete
> message if not logged in via IMAP since ($filemtime_of_message -
> $user_configurable_amount_of_seconds), else gracefully ignore client's
> delete request.  This *could* become a problem if quotas are enabled, but
> then again it should be the admin's decision to offer this feature to his
> users.
> 
> 	- Message IDs: Would the above Delete-only-if workaround confuse
> some mail clients and make them download the same messages over and over?

Probably.

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