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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Timo Sirainen wrote:
cd Maildir ln -s .sendA .sendB
The problem with symlinks is that both folders are displayed as different folders finally. And because subscriptions are saved on the server, you cannot configure different clients to subscribe to different sets folders. It is no great issue, if you are online all the time, but it drains performance, e.g. while searching or when you sync mail for offline useage.
Actually, I don't know how a feature like "folder aliases" would solve the problem, because the server would need to know when to hide which of the "aliases". I mean, if MUA Thunderbird connects, return "sent-mails" as "Sent", if MUA Outlook connects, return "sent-mails" as "Gesendete EMails". Maybe, aliases will never match LIST commands, except when explicitly ask about? Though, that's just half of the problem. To hide all symlinks would break many installations of shared folders.
One would need some MUA-aware hacks.
Bye,
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