On 1/25/10 4:40 PM, "TGC" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Are you saying that IMAP supports some method of having shared folders >> that anyone can read/write to? Or have I misread you? >> >> I thought IMAP subscribe was simply to request that certain folders >> you created were given prominent position in the UI, rather than >> allowing any sharing between users. > > Subscription and public folders are completely separate features. IMAP tends to be bad about overloading words. The best description I heard dates back to 1998, when they say "you normally subscribe to all your own folders, but you don't have to" > > I admit I've never seen IMAP public folders in action, but I've heard about > them before and drooled. I don't know offhand what server software supports > them, though. The better versions in the enterprise space do. Gmail, not so much. Which is why Gmail is such an awful IMAP target. -- John C. Welch Writer/Analyst Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
