On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 14:39 +0000, Alfredo Matos wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > AFAIK the behaviour depends on the IMAP server. For example, the Cyrus > > default is for the user's namespace to hang from INBOX, which is how the > > CMU people apparently wanted it. The Cyrus admin can change this at > > installation time (to an "anonymous root" model) but it's a system-wide > > change. I don't know about Courier but I would guess it's similar. > > > > Of course the mail client doesn't have to go along with this, but Evo > > does. I guess it's the way to get consistency across multiple MUAs with > > the same server. > > > > poc > > > > Honestly, the MUA does not have to comply, but IMAP Namespaces is a > standard. Lacking to comply with standards eventually leads to errors > and abandon in favor of a compliant MUA. If Evolution cannot deal > properly with the IMAP namespace my mailserver provides, how can i trust > it to create folder correctly and manage my mailboxes in a trustworthy way ?
My point is that Evo probably *is* dealing properly with the namespace (i.e. representing it as the server has it). It's the other clients that aren't doing so, but you'd need to check with the server admin. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
