[Dovecot] OT: IMAP folder aliases

Robert Schetterer robert at schetterer.org
Sat Sep 26 11:00:27 EEST 2009


Rob Middleton schrieb:
> On 25/09/2009 11:14 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
>> It seems that there is no standard for folder names that deal with
>> typical
>> message classes such as drafts, outbox, sent, spam etc. At least
>> there's no
>> common sense on a naming convention that tells how client should
>> handle this.
>>    
> XLIST may deal with this in the future.
> 
> It has been initially implemented as an IMAP extension by GMail and
> Apple iPhone's email client. It allows localized naming of drafts, sent,
> etc while allowing the server to tell the client the mapping between
> well-known folder types and their actual name.
> 
> http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-POP-and-IMAP-en/browse_thread/thread/a154105c54f020fb?pli=1
> 
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476260
> 
> It oddly seems to have been barely documented or pushed ... though it is
> sufficiently simple and useful that I hope it gets wide support.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob Middleton.
> 
that sounds very interesting , thx for info !
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MfG Robert Schetterer

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