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List:       imap
Subject:    Re: Nested mailboxes
From:       Laurence Lundblade <lgl () nwnet ! net>
Date:       1993-07-30 19:42:14
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On 25 Jul 1993, Mark Crispin wrote:

> If you don't define the path syntax in FTP, where do you define it?  FTP is
> much more concerned with path names, yet defines no special syntax.
> 
> The answer is that the entire concept of ``path syntax definition in IMAP'' is
> an oxymoron.  IMAP does not deal in paths; it deals with a single name string
> with no specific syntax.  Any hierarchy is in the eyes of the beholder; so
> it's a client issue to present it.
> 

Just to keepe things clear, FTP does deal with heirarchy though in a way
independent of name syntax.  It has the cd command along with the dir
command.  We don't have cd in IMAP so we're trying to make syntax do the
job. 

LL

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