* Ed W <li...@wildgooses.com>: > Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: >> It seems that there is no standard for folder names that deal with typical >> message classes such as drafts, outbox, sent, spam etc. At least there's no >> common sense on a naming convention that tells how client should handle this. >> >> Worse than this, most IMAP clients auto-create folders according to their own >> naming convention if they don't exist. Every client introduces its own view. >> >> Users OTOH expect a single view that makes it easy for them to find their >> messages. They are unwilling to search in "sent", "sent-mail" or "Sent items" >> for "messages that have been sent". >> >> I doubt that software producers will adopt a standard naming convention if it >> was introduced within a useful time span. >> >> Has anyone seen an approach or a solution that solves the problem from a >> users >> point of view? A server side alias list that maps to a server standard? >> >> > > A crude workaround would seem to be symlinks. Perhaps a cron job to > scan for likely aliases, then merge them into your preferred folder > names and symlink them. This would mean if the user creates a "Sent" > folder, you would eventually find it, and symlink it to your "Sent > Items" folder and merge any items created so far.
Been there... > This is imperfect in that you end up with multiple folders visible in > the folder list (confusingly often showing the same data in each...). > Deletes are also going to be fun because deleting "Sent" will just kill > the symlink, deleting "Sent Items" will kill all your mail and leave the > symlinks broken... Server side aliases would help here I guess? Exactly. You get n views instead of one. The total opposite of what I am aiming for at the moment. > The XLIST extension as others have pointed out will help a lot. Feature > request for Dovecot I guess? XLIST should be a standard. I haven't found a reference or at least an attempt to make it a standard yet. p...@rick > Possibly there is some clever way to use namespaces to help hide these > duplicated folders..? > > Would love to see this solved myself also! > > Good luck > > Ed W
