Re: [cobalt-users] Qube 3, IMAP, MySQL, PHP question from inexperienced new owner: be gentle!

["Gary Melendez" <gmelendez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Dave Nanian" <dnanian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Thank you for the detailed explanation! That does explain what I'm
> seeing, though I have to say it doesn't make "sense", as such: I'd
> expect more support on the server for structured mail storage.

Well, I haven't read the RFC or whatever that defines the IMAP standard, but
I'm guessing that this Folder-Folder, File-Mailbox way of doing business has
it's origin there. I would imagine that 'they' tried to find a way to handle
multi-level mail boxes but just couldn't come up with anything workable.


[SNIP]

> One weird thing: it's strange that there's a sent-mail folder by default
> in WebMail, but it doesn't actually put sent-mail into it. Huh...

You'll see stuff like this when you change the client you are using with
IMAP. OE, for instance, will create a folder called 'Sent Items' for sent
emails but NS 4.7x, say, will create one called 'Sent' for the same thing -
neither will recognize the other one as being the 'mailbox that holds all
the sent emails.' Also, you should be able, in any client, to specify which
folders (whether they are actual directories or mailboxes) on the IMAP
server are visible.

Cheers,
Gary Melendez
gmelendez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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