On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 19:49 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I haven't used it myself, but .. > > If you're interested in the client part of mailing, perhaps create a > dummy account,
I've a test account which I've used a couple of times, but haven't bothered too much with it. > > Hmm. Wasn't it about showing entire > > threads of messages in INBOX? > > Yes, or under any other label than "Inbox". > > Also, the messages does not need to have the "Inbox" label to show up > under Inbox - they can have only the "Sent" label, and they will still > show up in the thread as long as they're part of it as per > In-Reply-To: or whatever. Right. > > With Dovecot it would be done by: > > > > mailboxes = INBOX "Sent Messages" > > search = INTHREAD REFERENCES MAILBOX INBOX > > > > So it matches entire threads of messages in INBOX. > > So if I understand correctly, this will basically tell the IMAP client > *all* the messages relating to a given conversation, regardless of > whether they were sent or incoming? Yes, as long as at least one message in the thread exists in INBOX (the "MAILBOX INBOX" search term). > (With the flip-side that software which expects to use different > folders, eg say a Horde webmail alternative for the account, will stop > working against this mailbox... Or is this all or none regarding which > mailbox are affected?) I'm not sure what you mean. There are still different mailboxes. This just creates virtual mailboxes on top of the existing ones. > > INTHREAD would need > > adding support for INTHREAD extension. > > Ok, what does that do? > (Apologies for being in learning mode.) Just makes the search match all messages in a thread if at least one message in the thread matches the search terms.
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