Re: [Dovecot] IMAP SPECIAL-USE extension

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@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.