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List:       imap
Subject:    Re: [Imap-protocol] STATUS on a \NoSelect mailbox
From:       Mark Crispin <mrc () cac ! washington ! edu>
Date:       2007-10-24 19:16:18
Message-ID: alpine.OSX.0.9999.0710241213210.10639 () pangtzu ! panda ! com
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Dave Cridland wrote:
> That [Gmail] heirarchy point shouldn't be listed here - as Mark says, it's 
> not a mailbox, therefore shouldn't match.
>
> It should be returned for LIST "" "%", but not LIST "" "*".

I disagree.  It depends upon the semantics of the underlying mail store.

In some mail stores, such as Cyrus, there is no such physical object as a 
"directory" (which is typically what a \NoSelect name is); that is, a 
bucket that holds mailboxes and other directories.  In others, such as the 
ones typically exported by UW, there is such a physical object.

IMAP does NOT, repeat NOT!! dictate the semantics of the server's mail 
store; rather, it provides a means to export the mail store's semantics.

-- Mark --

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