[Dovecot] RFE: IMAP LIST Extension for Special-Use Mailboxes

[Patrick Ben Koetter]

* Charles Marcus <dovecot at dovecot.org>:
> Sorry for replying to such an old email, but...

Thank you. You just made me feel very old... ;)

> I'm wondering how 'Templates' got left out?
> 
> It is a Special folder in Thunderbird that you can't delete - and it
> is very useful (at least in Thunderbird) as well...
> 
> I tried adding it in my dovecot (2.2.10) config, but it complained
> about an unsupported option...

I searched a few minutes, but couldn't find the link to quote here:
Special-Use Mailbox names need to be registered. IIRC Templates didn't make
it into the first RFC. I am not aware of a discussion that abandoned it
either. Probably, if you gave it a try, you can have it added and Timo will
add it afterwards...

p at rick

> On 2011-03-11 5:31 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter <p at state-of-mind.de> wrote:
> >A server may, for example, mark a folder as \Sent.
> >
> >Any client that connects to such a server can search for a folder that has
> >been attributed as "Sent".
> >
> >No need to create a new folder "Sent Items" if there's a special folder marked
> >as \Sent. Same goes for clients that insist on calling it "sent" or "Gesendete
> >Objekte" or ...
> >
> >The RFC reserves a list of special use folders:
> >
> >    \All
> >         This mailbox presents all messages in the user's message store.
> >         Implementations MAY omit some messages, such as, perhaps, those
> >         in \Trash and \Junk.  When this special use is supported, it is
> >         almost certain to represent a virtual mailbox.
> >
> >    \Archive
> >         This mailbox is used to archive messages.  The meaning of an
> >         "archival" mailbox is server-dependent; typically, it will be
> >         used to get messages out of the inbox, or otherwise keep them
> >         out of the user's way, while still making them accessible.
> >
> >    \Drafts
> >         This mailbox is used to hold draft messages -- typically,
> >         messages that are being composed but have not yet been sent.  In
> >         some server implementations, this might be a virtual mailbox,
> >         containing messages from other mailboxes that are marked with
> >         the "\Draft" message flag.  Alternatively, this might just be
> >         advice that a client put drafts here.
> >
> >    \Flagged
> >         This mailbox presents all messages marked in some way as
> >         "important".  When this special use is supported, it is likely
> >         to represent a virtual mailbox collecting messages (from other
> >         mailboxes) that are marked with the "\Flagged" message flag.
> >
> >    \Junk
> >         This mailbox is where messages deemed to be junk mail are held.
> >         Some server implementations might put messages here
> >         automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice to a
> >         client-side spam filter.
> >
> >    \Sent
> >         This mailbox is used to hold copies of messages that have been
> >         sent.  Some server implementations might put messages here
> >         automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice that a
> >         client save sent messages here.
> >
> >    \Trash
> >         This mailbox is used to hold messages that have been deleted or
> >         marked for deletion.  In some server implementations, this might
> >         be a virtual mailbox, containing messages from other mailboxes
> 
> 

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