On 2010-01-25, at 21:10 , John C. Welch wrote:
> 
> Because this isn't POP, and "where things go" is not clear. They can go on
> the server, they can go on the client, even if you're caching. (you guys
> REALLY NEED TO LEARN ABOUT IMAP) If you compose a message, it can be copied
> to the local or the server store. You have to have both, because of Webmail.
> (Well, you can not copy it to the local, but you have to have the server.)

Ok, server it is.

> If you're copying to the server, you don't always get to pick where your
> sent mail lives. Or your trash. Or your drafts. You have to deal with that,
> in an elegant manner.

Yeah, we know that. But you can assume that there *will* be at least one 
mailbox where sent mail goes, right?

That's all that was needed when this sub-thread started. A place to put sent 
mail on the server.


> As it turns out, because of how IMAP works, it's actually pretty good at
> telling if a message is a draft, has been sent, etc. (It would be rather
> non-functional if it couldn't.)

Because of the mailbox it's in, or are there attributes for that?

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