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

[Aleve Sicofante]

2014-03-05 19:07 GMT+01:00 Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at curecanti.org>:

> 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.
>

I see. Well, that sounds pretty useless to me. I urge whoever designed the
plugin to make it client-oriented. It will be much more useful.