Yes, different teams, but I think Google is still a lot more reasonable company to deal with things like this than Microsoft. Although surprisingly even Microsoft appears to support SPECIAL-USE in the next Outlook(?) client.
On 8.11.2012, at 2.01, Massimiliano Cianelli wrote: > Yes, but namespace is in prelogin... and anyway they will say that the team > which will make the gmail app is different then the email app. > > IMHO there is only a commercial reason.. keep people use gmail and force > company and private to use Google apps... in that way they will not have > issue and have push delivery (also called IMAP idle that is not supported). > > Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> ha scritto: > >> Even gmail itself isn't advertising all capabilities before login: >> >> * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN >> X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH AUTH=XOAUTH2 >> >> vs. >> >> * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN >> X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE >> >> UIDPLUS especially has been very widely used long before gmail. I guess >> they also don't want to advertise unnecessary capabilities before login >> and have determined that all the important clients supporting UIDPLUS >> support receiving after it post-login. >> >> On 8.11.2012, at 1.48, Massimiliano Cianelli wrote: >> >>> I've noticed an error in my sentence about the change log, it was >> referred to blackberry.. not to Google >>> >>> Google need only 'namespace', I will try to update the issue (due >> that every IMAP server that will respect the rfc will not work as >> expected in that condition).. pointing the problem on post login >> capability... and we will see when Google will want to fix it. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> ha scritto: >>> >>>> On 8.11.2012, at 1.24, Massimiliano Cianelli wrote: >>>> >>>>> Due that Google act like BlackBerry, Microsoft,etc.. (hovewer they >>>> will not fix it soon, or really respect the rfc), it's much simple >> add >>>> Namespace on prelogin banner then wait or have to tell someone to >>>> install another client for that mailbox. >>>>> >>>>> I didn't know the history, but looking at change log seems that >> idle >>>> as been put back to prelogin client for some kind of compatibility >> with >>>> their service. >>>> >>>> Luckily the big ones only needed IDLE to work. I'm hoping to avoid >>>> adding anything else. >>>> >>>> And Dovecot is currently the most widely used IMAP server, so I >> think >>>> there's a good chance of client developers actually fixing their >>>> clients. >>> >>> -- testing k9 >>> > > -- Inviato dal mio cellulare Android con K-9 Mail.
