outlook idiocy - IMAP folders with /

[Rupert Gallagher]

I think we need a public compliance test, similar to html and ssl, then people would start questioning the quality of their own client, and migrate to better ones. When Micro$oft will eventually feel the pinch, then they will start fixing their $hit. People have the power! (I like that song.)

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 09:59, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at puchar.net> wrote:

>>
>> As I have no control over their minds, hands, and client software, I wish I could enforce the policy from the server, returning an
>> error message to the client.
>>
>> On its turn, this requires the client to listen to such server messages, operated by a smarter user.
>
> the problem with pseudomail pseudoprogram outlook is that it simply
> ignores error and shows folder created, then even allow to store messages
> in it (store it locally in temporary file).
>
> When file is deleted messages are lost.
>
>>
>> At the end of the day, it feels like we are re-discovering the wheel, as such problems should have been addressed and solved long
>> ago by an RFC.
>>
>> Listescape is a welcome patch. Let see if it works. I just have to select a character that no user could type and still practical
>> for the filesystem to use...
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 10:07, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:
>> On 28 Sep 2018, at 16.44, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at puchar.net> wrote:
>>
>> user attempts to create folders with / dovecot naturally cannot create it so it returns error but outlook of
>> course "create" it and keep data in local store only. data is lost when you remove local store .pst file.
>>
>> The question is - can dovecot be configured so it will automatically replace slash in name with something
>> else?
>>
>>
>> https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Listescape maybe?
>>
>>
>>
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