[Dovecot] OT: IMAP folder aliases

[Patrick Ben Koetter]

* Rob Middleton <robm-dovecot at centenary.org.au>:
> 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.

There you go. Thanks for the link. This sounds promising.

p at rick

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