[Dovecot] IMAP SPECIAL-USE extension

[Patrick Domack]

Yep, I only meant it in the crudest of forms. I'm sure defining the  
correct syntax will be the hard part.


Quoting Stephan Bosch <stephan at rename-it.nl>:

> Op 6-12-2011 16:00, Patrick Domack schreef:
>> Guess the next nice step would be to get sieve scripts to be able  
>> to use the aliased special use folders. So you can just say,  
>> fileinto \Spam;
>
> Hmm, yeah. This will require some standardization efforts though.
>
> Your example is a bit problematic:
>   - First, syntax-wise, the argument should be enclosed in double  
> quotes; the grammar of the Sieve language is a bit sacred. :)
>   - From what I've read, those SPECIAL-USE flags are not guaranteed  
> to be unique, so the delivery may become ambiguous. So, it is not  
> really an alias.
>   - Making the bare fileinto command accept a SPECIAL-USE flag as an  
> alternative to a regular folder name may be unwise (potentially  
> causing naming conflicts, albeit unlikely). Some sort of  
> :special_use tag would be in order.
>
> The ability to query which folder(s) are used for special purposes  
> could be an alternative, although that is not ideal either. I am not  
> sure how to approach this right now.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephan.