* Michael M Slusarz <slus...@curecanti.org>: > Quoting Patrick Ben Koetter <p...@state-of-mind.de>: > > >* A.L.E.C <a...@alec.pl>: > >>On 06.12.2011 13:43, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > >> > >>> From my understanding RFC 6154 serves to flag some IMAP > >>mailboxes in order to > >>> indicate they should be used for special use e.g. as trash folder etc. > >>> > >>> I fail to see how RFC 6154 would help displaying localized mailbox names. > >> > >>Ok. It will not help for existing folders, but will allow creation of > >>special-use folders with any name. > > > >Yes. And on top of that a MUA should detect these SPECIAL-USE folders and > >automagically map its special folders (trash, archive, sent, drafts, etc.) to > >the servers SPECIAL-USE mailboxes. > > > >This should take place transparently and the special folders should carry > >localized mailbox names e.g. "Sent" or "Gesendet" or "..." > > Except the localization conversions should be done on the MUA level, > not the mailstore level (see, e.g., INBOX).
I believe that is exactly what I said in my lines above. > As Timo noted in another message in this thread, for the most part > there has been a informal standardization of special mailbox names > to their English equivalents. There is really no reason to move > away from this standardization, especially for MUAs that do not yet Where in my posting did I say I want to move away from that standard? > support RFC 6154 but may support a form auto-detection of common > special mailbox names. p@rick -- state of mind () http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563