[Dovecot] Sorting in IMAP list command?

[Patrick Nagel]

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Hi Ronald,

On 2010-01-05 09:19, Ronald Johnson wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm running Dovecot 1.2.9 and have noticed the IMAP list command does
> not appear to send a sorted list of folders with list command.  For
> example on our Cyrus server I get a sorted list of folders (with INBOX
> listed first):
> 
> 2 list "" "*"
> * LIST (\Noinferiors) "/" "INBOX"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "CalProject"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Deleted Messages"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Drafts"
> ...
> 
> while on our Dovecot server I get seemingly random listing:
[...]

RFC 3501 section 6.3.8. doesn't say anything about sorting, and it says
"The LIST command SHOULD return its data quickly, without undue delay."
- - so I guess it's up to the client to do the sorting?

Patrick.

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