Am 26.12.2014 um 23:39 schrieb Patrick Ben Koetter: > I've waited about two years to write this mail... :) > > As of Dezember, 24th Mozilla Thunderbird can handle SPECIAL-USE. The patch, > which adds the required functionality, has passed review and TBs nightly build > was successful. The next official Thunderbird release (version 38, release > date 2015-05-19) will very likely ship SPECIAL-USE included. \o/ > > SPECIAL USE is an IMAP extension. It means less mailbox chaos for admins. But > more than that it means less configuration work and easier orientation for end > users. > > If IMAP server and client are capable of SPECIAL-USE [1] the server may tell > the client some of the folders (Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Trash etc.) are reserved > for SPECIAL-USE. > > Any client, capable of SPECIAL-USE, may adapts its local folders to the > servers view. It may map e.g. "Sent Items" to "Sent", "Deleted Items" to > "Trassh" etc. pp. All this takes place automatically. No more user > interaction. No more locale problems. > > When all components - server, desktop-, webmail-, and mobile client - can > handle SPECIAL-USE live becomes easier. Clients don't create their own > 'special folders'. They understand special folders already exist and adapt. No > more superfluous ambiguous folders. Users will know where their messages have > been stored. > > Note: Combined with automx [2] users will only have to enter their > realname, mail address and (optional) password and their client will setup > all the rest automatically. > > SPECIAL-USE started as a suggestion to friends at IETF. We sponsored its > implementation in Dovecot [3], when it had become a RFC standard. Then we took > out to bring it to Thunderbird. > > This took use longer than expected. The moment we had begun to work on it, > Mozilla withdrew most people from the Thunderbird team and reassigned them to > Firefox OS. Things slowed down significantly and Microsoft Outlook became the > first mail client to adopt SPECIAL-USE. Two years later - together with Ben > Bucksch (Thunderbird developer) - we finally succeeded and it is about time to > close the RFE [4]. > > Nobody should have to spend more time than required to configure their client. > Everyone should be able to focus on their primary goal - communication via > mail. > > We - sys4 and our business partner Becon - sponsored SPECIAL-USE. I hope > SPECIAL-USE will make your and your customers life easier. The patch just > became ready for x-mas. :) > > > p@rick > > > P.S. > Unpacking the gift will have to wait until 2015-05-19. ;) > > > [1] IMAP LIST Extension for Special-Use Mailboxes > <http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6154.txt> > > [2] automx - mail setup made easy! > <https://automx.org/> > > [3] Mailbox settings > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings > > [4] Bug 558659 - (RFC6154) Support IMAP LIST SPECIAL-USE (RFC 6154) to > autoconfigure Sent, Trash, Draft folders on IMAP servers > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558659> >
Many thx, long awaited feature. So lets party as its done now ! Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] 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, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
