Special-Use Mailboxes ?

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Per Jessen <per at computer.org>:

> Michael M Slusarz wrote:
>
>> Or you have an existing account that contains pre-existing "Sent",
>> "Sent Mail", and "sentmail" mailboxes.  All of those are valid sent
>> mailboxes under the \Sent definition.
>
> Yes, that would be an example - I have at least 6 different names
> for "Sent", some accounts use three or even four.  I gather support of
> these hints is still quite limited, but I'm still struggling with
> understanding what good multiple hints of e.g. "Sent" is to a client?

A client has a pre-defined search within all sent-mail messages.  This  
search should be done in all/any mailbox that the server is reporting  
that contains sent messages.

> Is the hint also used to identify places to look for sent mail?

Yes.  And therein lies the issue: the flag is being used as both a  
configuration aid *and* a hint as to the contents of the current  
mailbox.  These are not mutually inclusive.

michael