On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> If a store can contain entities that are both \noselect and \noinferior,
> then IMHO it follows that said store is not (exclusively) a mail store.

Correct.

> 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.

> If the IMAP server knows that
> /pro/con is \noselect \noinferiors, the IMAP server knows enough to
> hide that entire thing.

I assert that if the client lists /pro/% that it would be a mistake to
hide /pro/con.

-- Mark --

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