On 1/25/10 6:26 PM, "Caio Chassot" <[email protected]> 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. Bzzt. Welcome to the world of IMAP server quotas and administrators who disallow that. It has to be both. Really. > >> 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. You have to allow for both. If you don't, you will fail as an IMAP client. > > >> 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? The latter, but sometimes the former. Did I mention IMAP is a really complicated protocol? Because it is. -- 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
