From: mark d smith (mark_at_bbprojects.net)
Date: Mon Feb 23 2004 - 11:34:26 PST
On 23 Feb 2004, at 19:10, Grant Hutchinson wrote:
> I don't think the client should have to create them either, however if
> the folders don't exist and the account doesn't function properly
> without them, then the client should notify the server somehow to
> create them.
That's the point, as long as the account does not have any server-side
filtering in place, it does not require ANY additional folders (in
addition to Inbox that is) in order to function. So the idea of a
client creating folders to get an account working is moot. (It is
rather the case that the client cannot operate without the folders. It
is therefore not a good client. Mail V does not appear to have this
problem in my experience.)
> I honestly don't know enough about the functionality or structure of
> IMAP services, but it seems that the Newted IMAP accounts work with
> every other IMAP-capable mail client outside of Mail V - so what is
> the disconnect here?
I don't know either, but I'm pretty sure its got nothing to do with the
presence or absence of folders. I had a trial run on a completely new
IMAP set-up (Mirapoint, which is based on Courier) in which there was
nothing other than Inbox and it worked a treat.
I think we need more info.
mark.
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