On Tue 26, Jan'10 at 8:50 AM -0600, Jack Shedd wrote:
"Tend to" doesn't mean always do, and while it might be easy to ignore Gmail, and the mess that is it's IMAP implementation, it IS one of the more popular IMAP servers out there. While it may not be "right" it does introduce the possibility of the folders concept not being absolute between implementations.
While Gmail might not (and probably doesn't) use folders internally, it does appear to export folders in its IMAP interface. Which gets back to the original point - IMAP has folders. Gmail is something different, but when it comes time to communicate over 'standard' protocols, it gets mashed into IMAP any which way it fits, and as a result, we have the craptastic folder-label connection.
If you take away the assumption that Letters will act as (essentially) a view into, and manipulator of, the IMAP, and consider instead that it merely understands and can act on mail from an IMAP server, a good deal of functionality and approach options open up.
I agree with this statement. You have to ask yourself a couple questions though. Does Letters act as an island? Does it download email, do its thing, and be damned with syncing those actions and results back to a central source? If so, then fine. Do whatever you want; Letters gained a lot of power to do all kinds of things. But you basically have a glorified POP client at that point.
If you want to sync back most of those actions, you need to play by the rules of IMAP.
Clearly, the ideal solution would be to write a new mail server protocol and get everyone to adopt it immediately :D
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