[Dovecot] Thunderbird namespace handling

[Thomas Hummel]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 06:17:06PM +0100, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 19:12 +0200, Thomas Hummel wrote:
> > > > > I've noticed that Thunderbird (3.0.3) seems to wrongly "repeat" the namespace
> > > > > prefix when selecting the top level maildir of a namesapce.
> > > > > 
> > > > >   hidden = no
> > > > >   list = yes
> > > > 
> > > > This combination is arguably a wrong way to define namespaces.
> > 
> > As I was editing my 10-mail.conf file, I thought about this old thread.
> > 
> > While I agree with you about the nonsense to hide a namespace which is
> > listed anyway, I noticed that this is still the default in the private
> > namespace example which is commented out in this file.
> 
> Well .. okay, prefix="" namespace is an exception to the above rule. :) 

Why has it to be an exception ? Your previous points still stand, don't they ? : 

  . isn't there a risk that the default namespace gets listed twice then ?

  . what's the point of not hiding a namespace which can be listed in any case ?

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Thomas Hummel