[Gllug] Thunderbird, procmail and new mail

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 03:23:59PM +0000, Mike wrote:
> Trash folders are another pain. IMAP uses a delete/expunge model, but
> all the GUI clients insist on a trash folder. Why Trash can't just be a
> vFolder that displays all mail with \Deleted set, I don't know.

Because the IMAP standard makes absolutely no prescriptions about
internal storage, which that would require it to do.  It would be hog
slow, for one thing.  IMAP punishes the server enough as it is (by an
amount directly proportional to the stupidity of your mail client).

> because they're all used to a Trash folder, and frankly I don't see why
> it wouldn't be possible to make the Trash folder work better with IMAP.

That's a user-space issue and not seen as part of IMAP's remit.  A world
of pain awaits if the protocol ever starts being bent to fit what are
essentially cosmetic, client-side demands.

> 
> Oh, and why do none of the GUI clients allow you to remove the local
> folders completely from the UI? If you're running IMAP, you want mail on
> the server, not on your hard disk...

With you all the way on that one.

-- 
Bruce

Those who cast the votes decide nothing.  Those who count the
votes decide everything. -- Joseph Stalin
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