Pete Maclean (aaddict@maclean.com)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:32:16 -0500
>6. IMAP: Standardize English names for standard (system) folders in
>addition to INBOX - Sent Items, Drafts, Outbox, Deleted Items
>
>Currently localization of INBOX occurs on User-Agent side, while rest of
>folders are create directly in local agent. This requires the user to
>configure the names of the folders in the User-Agent. The idea is to
>standardize English names for all standard folders and make the User-Agent
>only to display them in local language.
As an IMAP server developer, the one enhancement I would most like to see
made to IMAP is something to address this issue. I have to deal with users
who have what IMAP refers to as "Inbox" actually named "In", "Incoming",
"Posteingang", etc. For me, however, the ideal solution would be different
from what John proposes. What I would like to see is a command that
essentially asks "what is the name of the message container that serves
function X" where X could express, for example, "is the default repository
for newly delivered messages" or "holds messages that have been
deleted". This approach means we don't have to English-ize names and gets
around the problem of Outbox meaning two different things. The server
would respond with either the appropriate name or an indication that there
is no such thing.
Pete
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