Re: [Dovecot] IMAP subscriptions - how, for what and why?

On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 13:03 +0200, Tom Alsberg wrote:

Again, not a Dovecot issua - but can someone clarify better what IMAP subscriptions (SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE/LSUB) are and what they are used for?

Pretty much the only point of subscriptions is that you don't have to look at all the mailboxes that server has to offer. This is especially useful if you have tens or hundreds of shared/public mailboxes (eg. mailing lists or some news gateway or whatever).