[Dovecot] Iphone IMAP access

Stephan Bosch stephan at rename-it.nl
Wed Jan 26 15:01:52 EET 2011


Op 26-1-2011 13:25, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI schreef:
> On Qua, 26 Jan 2011, Frank Bonnet wrote:
>> When I use my iphone to access my IMAP folders I can see ALL folders
>> in my userland and not only those listed in .subscriptions file ...
>>
>> Anyone has an explaination of this ?
>>
>> Might be a security/confidentiality hole isn't it ?
>
> I don't own an iPhone, but I remember reading that that's the way it is.
>
> You can complain to Apple. If you are lucky, you might get a rude 
> response from Steve Jobs himself.
>

Oh yeah, I remembered something about that on the imap-protocol mailing 
list. Here it is:

http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-protocol/2010-October/001294.html

The attached mail from mr. Jobs (there is a url at the bottom) is what 
you want to look at.

Regards,

Stephan.


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