On 1/25/10 4:38 PM, "Thomas Worrall" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I guess there's some IMAP extension that lets you get notifications for all >>> your subscriptions at once, instead of a single mailbox? That would justify >>> giving it attention. >>> >>> As for publishing, totally 2.0. Can you make a good case for it? >> >> As a really edge-case IMAP user, definitely. In fact, it's one of the bigger >> reasons cited for things like outlook. They use a different name: Public >> Folders. For collaboration, the ability to have a mail folder, or many >> folders that people can publish, and or subscribe to is not minor. Yes, I >> know Google Wave. The problem is, stuff like Wave requires you to pretty >> much replace email with their client. For an email client, IMAP >> subscriptions are the way to go, since most servers, (well, not Google's but >> theirs sucks anyway) support it. >> >> Unfortunately, it's one of those things you have to use to really get. > > 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. You can do both. You can subscribe to your own folders, (not the same as hiding them), or you can subscribe to someone ELSE'S folder(s) -- 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
