[Dovecot] IMAP SPECIAL-USE extension

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Patrick Ben Koetter <p at state-of-mind.de>:

> * Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at curecanti.org>:
>> Quoting Patrick Ben Koetter <p at state-of-mind.de>:
>>
>> >* A.L.E.C <alec at alec.pl>:
>> >>On 06.12.2011 13:43, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> From my understanding RFC 6154 serves to flag some IMAP
>> >>mailboxes in order to
>> >>> indicate they should be used for special use e.g. as trash folder etc.
>> >>>
>> >>> I fail to see how RFC 6154 would help displaying localized  
>> mailbox names.
>> >>
>> >>Ok. It will not help for existing folders, but will allow creation of
>> >>special-use folders with any name.
>> >
>> >Yes. And on top of that a MUA should detect these SPECIAL-USE folders and
>> >automagically map its special folders (trash, archive, sent,  
>> drafts, etc.) to
>> >the servers SPECIAL-USE mailboxes.
>> >
>> >This should take place transparently and the special folders should carry
>> >localized mailbox names e.g. "Sent" or "Gesendet" or "..."
>>
>> Except the localization conversions should be done on the MUA level,
>> not the mailstore level (see, e.g., INBOX).
>
> I believe that is exactly what I said in my lines above.
>
>
>> As Timo noted in another message in this thread, for the most part
>> there has been a informal standardization of special mailbox names
>> to their English equivalents.  There is really no reason to move
>> away from this standardization, especially for MUAs that do not yet
>
> Where in my posting did I say I want to move away from that standard?

The combination of the original author's comment, and your response  
which did not seem to disagree with him at all, made it ambiguous at  
best whether you were referring to localized mailbox names being  
stored on the server or being translated on the client.  Looking  
through the entire thread, and seeing your previous message, I see  
that this was an incorrect assumption.  I apologize for any  
misunderstanding.

michael