[Dovecot] Special Folder Mocking
Dear Dovecot List,
probably everyone knows the problem that different clients use different names for "Sent", "Trash" and so on.
A simple question: Isn't it possible to advertise one imap folder with different names, depending on the client? E.g. if the client is Outlook, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent Elements" (translated from german) and if the client is Thunderbird, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent"?
Best regards,
Eddy Ilg
On 2.9.2012, at 18.28, Eddy Ilg|univation wrote:
Dear Dovecot List,
probably everyone knows the problem that different clients use different names for "Sent", "Trash" and so on.
I was just in the middle of writing the previous mail about this :)
A simple question: Isn't it possible to advertise one imap folder with different names, depending on the client? E.g. if the client is Outlook, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent Elements" (translated from german) and if the client is Thunderbird, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent"?
No.
A simple question: Isn't it possible to advertise one imap folder with different names, depending on the client? E.g. if the client is Outlook, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent Elements" (translated from german) and if the client is Thunderbird, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent"? No. But would it be theoretically possible? I.e. do the clients report
I was just in the middle of writing the previous mail about this :) Already thought you replied and changed the subject of my post ;) themselves to dovecot correctly?
A similar thing is "imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep". If what I suggested is implementable then what speaks against it? If I have some time I might try writing a patch... Or maybe a dovecot developer can implement it, who better knows the code.
Best,
Eddy
On 2.9.2012, at 18.50, Eddy Ilg|univation wrote:
I was just in the middle of writing the previous mail about this :) Already thought you replied and changed the subject of my post ;)
A simple question: Isn't it possible to advertise one imap folder with different names, depending on the client? E.g. if the client is Outlook, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent Elements" (translated from german) and if the client is Thunderbird, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent"? No. But would it be theoretically possible? I.e. do the clients report themselves to dovecot correctly?
Even theoretically it's not something I want to consider. It would cause more trouble than gain.
(Some clients identify themselves with ID extension, many don't (e.g. Outlook). Some clients might be unreliably detected using the IMAP command tags they use, but that could identify other clients wrong. Different localizations of clients use different mailbox names.)
Eddy,
- Eddy Ilg|univation <eddy.ilg@univation.de>:
Dear Dovecot List,
probably everyone knows the problem that different clients use different names for "Sent", "Trash" and so on.
A simple question: Isn't it possible to advertise one imap folder with different names, depending on the client? E.g. if the client is Outlook, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent Elements" (translated from german) and if the client is Thunderbird, show the "Sent" folder as "Sent"?
the answer is the IMAP extension "SPECIAL USE".
We sponsored SPECIAL USE in Dovecot and in Thunderbird. Timo implemented it in Dovecot autumn 2011 and Ben Bucksch added SPECIAL USE support in Mozilla shortly after. Sadly Mozilla has decided to turn Thunderbird down - i.e. hand it over to some 'community' - and I am not sure our contribution it will be released as Mozilla claims they will not add any new features anymore.
IF they would you could tell Dovecot to name the SPECIAL USE folders like Outlook expects them and Thunderbird to map its folder on top.
p@rick
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participants (3)
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Eddy Ilg|univation
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Patrick Ben Koetter
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Timo Sirainen