Understanding Reference Names

["Antonio Cambule (Stüber Software)"]

Hi,

Think of the reference name as being the "connected directory".
For the following examples, think about a UNIX filesystem for the 
namespace.

If you do
    tag LIST "" foo
then you'll see foo in your home directory.  If you do
    tag list mail/ foo
then you'll see foo in your mail/ subdirectory.
On the other hand,
    tag LIST "" ~fred/foo
    tag LIST mail/ ~fred/foo
will return the same thing: foo in fred's home directory.
The point of the reference argument is that a client can have a 
connected directory, and use LIST and LSUB to resolve the names, 
without having to know special details such as the meaning of ~ or 
other prefix character.

Assuming to have following home directory: 
C:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Assuming to have following Mailboxes: INBOX, Read (under Inbox), Trash 
and Read (under folder Specials)

Would it be right to save Reference and Mailboxname on server side like 
this?:

Reference       Mailbox
" "                  "INBOX"
" "                  "INBOX\Read"
" "                  "Trash"
"Specials"       "Read"
Is that right, that reference Names are not meant as Mailboxes but only 
as folders where Mailboxes can be stored in, as an hierachical method?

Internally I would get the Information like this:
For INBOX                        
C:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
For Read                             
C:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
For Read under Specials      
C:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

@Mark Crispin: Sorry for sending this to you personally, it was meant 
for the maillist.

--
regards
Antonio Cambule
STÜBER SOFTWARE
www.stueber.de
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