[Dovecot] RFE: IMAP LIST Extension for Special-Use Mailboxes

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 03.01.2014 22:13, schrieb Patrick Ben Koetter:
> * Charles Marcus <dovecot at dovecot.org>:
>> Sorry for replying to such an old email, but...
> 
> Thank you. You just made me feel very old... ;)
> 
>> I'm wondering how 'Templates' got left out?
>>
>> It is a Special folder in Thunderbird that you can't delete - and it
>> is very useful (at least in Thunderbird) as well...
>>
>> I tried adding it in my dovecot (2.2.10) config, but it complained
>> about an unsupported option...
> 
> I searched a few minutes, but couldn't find the link to quote here:
> Special-Use Mailbox names need to be registered. IIRC Templates didn't make
> it into the first RFC. I am not aware of a discussion that abandoned it
> either. Probably, if you gave it a try, you can have it added and Timo will
> add it afterwards...
> 
> p at rick


looks like there is a draft for "important"

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iceman-imap-specialuse-important-02

guess "Templates" was to "Thunderbird" related



> 
>> On 2011-03-11 5:31 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter <p at state-of-mind.de> wrote:
>>> A server may, for example, mark a folder as \Sent.
>>>
>>> Any client that connects to such a server can search for a folder that has
>>> been attributed as "Sent".
>>>
>>> No need to create a new folder "Sent Items" if there's a special folder marked
>>> as \Sent. Same goes for clients that insist on calling it "sent" or "Gesendete
>>> Objekte" or ...
>>>
>>> The RFC reserves a list of special use folders:
>>>
>>>    \All
>>>         This mailbox presents all messages in the user's message store.
>>>         Implementations MAY omit some messages, such as, perhaps, those
>>>         in \Trash and \Junk.  When this special use is supported, it is
>>>         almost certain to represent a virtual mailbox.
>>>
>>>    \Archive
>>>         This mailbox is used to archive messages.  The meaning of an
>>>         "archival" mailbox is server-dependent; typically, it will be
>>>         used to get messages out of the inbox, or otherwise keep them
>>>         out of the user's way, while still making them accessible.
>>>
>>>    \Drafts
>>>         This mailbox is used to hold draft messages -- typically,
>>>         messages that are being composed but have not yet been sent.  In
>>>         some server implementations, this might be a virtual mailbox,
>>>         containing messages from other mailboxes that are marked with
>>>         the "\Draft" message flag.  Alternatively, this might just be
>>>         advice that a client put drafts here.
>>>
>>>    \Flagged
>>>         This mailbox presents all messages marked in some way as
>>>         "important".  When this special use is supported, it is likely
>>>         to represent a virtual mailbox collecting messages (from other
>>>         mailboxes) that are marked with the "\Flagged" message flag.
>>>
>>>    \Junk
>>>         This mailbox is where messages deemed to be junk mail are held.
>>>         Some server implementations might put messages here
>>>         automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice to a
>>>         client-side spam filter.
>>>
>>>    \Sent
>>>         This mailbox is used to hold copies of messages that have been
>>>         sent.  Some server implementations might put messages here
>>>         automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice that a
>>>         client save sent messages here.
>>>
>>>    \Trash
>>>         This mailbox is used to hold messages that have been deleted or
>>>         marked for deletion.  In some server implementations, this might
>>>         be a virtual mailbox, containing messages from other mailboxes
>>
>>
> 



Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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