Interesting, my interpretation of the spec is that only the "inbox" part is case-insensitive. The other parts of the mailbox name are still case-sensitive.
So all these strings refer to the same mailbox: inbox/test Inbox/test iNbOx/test INBOX/test While these are two different mailboxes: inbox/Test inbox/test I believe this is how the Courier IMAP server is implemented. Tom Thomas D. Esh Alcatel-Lucent Room 4O05-1L 6100 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43213 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 614-367-4390 Mobile: 740-334-2319 Home: 740-321-1245 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Michael Cashwell > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:10 AM > To: IMAP-UW > Subject: Re: [Imap-uw] Childless mix INBOX lacking \HasNoChildren? > > On Apr 18, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Joel Reicher wrote: > > >> It's indeterminate because any case string matches INBOX, but when > >> children are involved an exact case is required. INBOX > matches inbox > >> and INBOX and Inbox and iNbOx and iNBOX. > >> > >> This is why you should never create children of INBOX. It is an > >> undefined concept. > >> > >>> How is it shadowed?... > >>> * LIST () "/" inbox > >>> * LIST () "/" INBOX > >>> 1 OK LIST completed > >> > >> The shadowing occurs if you attempt to access "inbox". You will > >> actually access "INBOX". > > I must be being dense here, but isn't having an inferior to > INBOX named identically but with only case differences a very > special case? > Wouldn't it make more sense to prohibit only that similar to > how a case-preserving but case-insensitive file system won't > let you create "foo" where "Foo" already exists? > > Having inferiors to INBOX called anything else would not be > ambiguous, right? To prohibit ALL inferiors on INBOX just to > avoid this one instance of case-ambiguity seems like overkill. > > But I'm likely not understanding something basic. > > -Mike > > _______________________________________________ > Imap-uw mailing list > Imap-uw@u.washington.edu > https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-uw > _______________________________________________ Imap-uw mailing list Imap-uw@u.washington.edu https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-uw
