[Dovecot] Any client out there taking advantage of Dovecot's virtual mailboxes?

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Aleve Sicofante <asicofante at gmail.com>:

> 2014-03-05 6:59 GMT+01:00 Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at curecanti.org>:
>
>> Quoting Aleve Sicofante <asicofante at gmail.com>:
>>
>>  I'm talking about this: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual
>>>
>>
>> Every client can take advantage of them.  From a client's perspective,
>> they are just another IMAP mailbox.
>>
>
> Of course any client would be able to "see" them once created somewhere
> else. The point is obviously finding a client capable of creating such
> virtual mailboxes from searches, labels, etc.

You are misinterpreting what the Dovecot virtual plugin does.  It  
allows an admin to create virtual mailboxes.  It does not provide a  
client with any ability to alter edit/those mailboxes.

We've had virtual mailboxes in our client for 10+ years (i.e. client  
displays a "fake" mailbox that is generated via server-side search  
actions).  That's the only 100% reliable way to implement this across  
IMAP servers.

RFC 5466 can be used for this on the IMAP side, but there's not really  
any server-side support for it so it is not a viable option at this  
time.

michael