* Charles Marcus <dovecot@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@rick > On 2011-03-11 5:31 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter <p...@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 > > -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
