Andreas Aardal Hanssen writes:
So even if it isn't too clear _why_ a client would want to do this, it's obviously a "case" that is not handled in the rfc in any way.Here's a plausible example:
Suppose I've been using elm to read mail and store them in local folders for the past fifteen years. I move to IMAP, and tell my new MUA to use the same old folders.
The MUA would access these folders (perhaps via STATUS) because I, the user, specified the folder by name in the MUA's configuration file. I would do it because I want to keep accessing my old mail.
Is it worth the effort for the STATUS command to parse and "uidify" a mailbox?
Depends on whether there can be legacy mail in your server's mailstore.
--Arnt
