Pete Maclean (aaddict@maclean.com)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:04:50 -0500
At 12:50 PM 12/13/2001 -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> > >client issue. Localization / personalization of the INBOX is an client
> > >issue and MUST be dealt with there.
> >
> > Why must it be dealt with in the client? Sorry, I am not trying to be
> > difficult; I really want to understand. Sure, clients could be made
> > configurable so that a user could name his INBOX anything he chooses. But
> > why when that could be centralized at the server?
>
>Because this presumes a one-to-one mapping between individuals
>and INBOXes. Imagine a single account shared by several hundred
>people on, say, a support desk. Because you have customers around
>the globe you have support staff fluent in several languages.
>So, of those (say) 50 languages spoken by your support staff
>sharing this INBOX, which one wins the name-INBOX-on-the-server
>contest? (Hint: I hope both you and your MUA can handle Mandarin.)
Aha! Got it. Thank you, thank you.
Pete
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