On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 18:19, James A Baker wrote: > Say for instance the webmail user creates a folder named 'FooBar' and > puts 2 messages in it, as well as a folder named 'FooBar/Xanthes' and > puts 1 message in it, and finally that the user has 3 messages still in > their Inbox. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > INBOX--9jjlf3l3%lijave399v.ellaf > FooBar.Xanthes--ljklaie9937vaelkjali%lijaeslj > FooBar--iuewnnv78eiou%oiuvalen.ievj0 >
> Here the webmail server recognizes the folder names prepended to their > unique identifiers and shows them separated appropriately into folders, > but the POP server merely sees 6 message files all contained in the POP > server's idea of a mailbox... which means it could allow unified access > to them all. > > Is that what you mean, Tom? James, thats exactly what I meant. > If so, then... No. I don't think any IMAP system is currently using > such a mail format. -- And assuming I'm right in that belief, I further > believe that you would have to do some moderate-to-serious > (re-)programming to make an IMAP server (such as courier) understand > such a format. I thought as much, I guessed we'd have to start hacking at the IMAP server to acheive this but was just holding out hope that maybe someone had already done it OR an established IMAP server had something similar as a compile option etc. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply to this, I think what we're going to do is rewrite our existing webmail client to read / write to the spool in a more efficient fashion than it does currently. Tom ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
