[Dovecot] Question re: storing non mail files via IMAP

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Charles Marcus wrote:

> I have a question regarding how dovecot might behave if a mail client
> (like, for example, Thunderbird) decided to store some of its config
> files on the IMAP server itself.

Alpine/pine does so.
The kolab suite does so.
Kmail "groupware" extension does so.

The main problem is that other MUAs should keep there hands off these 
folders, but in the end, the config data is wrapped in a mail message, 
usually MIME.

If it is performant to store, say, calender data on IMAP, well, ... .

E.g. (Al-)Pine stores (well, can store) configdata and addressbooks on 
IMAP.

Regards,

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Steffen Kaiser
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