On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:So, why should the IMAP server be telling the IMAP client about entities that have nothing to do with mail?
Because those entities affect the behavior of the IMAP names.
Lots of things do, most of which are rightly ignored by RFC3501.
I assert that if the client lists /pro/% that it would be a mistake to hide /pro/con.
Then should a file system-based server running on Windows advertise \noinferiors \noselect entities called "null" etc. in every directory, to prevent the client from creating mailboxes by that name? (On Windows you can't have a file or directory called null, con, com1, etc. I don't remember the disgusting details any more. If anyone does, please don't remind me.)
--Arnt
