Re: mailutils/IMAP (2)

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 16-Jan-2001 Alain Magloire wrote:
>> 
>> [Alain Magloire]
>> 
>> > imapd(UW c-client) also suppress a special message, this message serves
>> > as a place holder for uivalidity and other things but I do not think
>> > sending a message like that to an imapd will generate problem, I believe
>> > it is discarded .. not sure.
>> 
>> I think the "Folder internal data" message needs to be the first
>> message in the mailbox for c-client to understand it.
>> 
>> The "store state in a faked message" scheme breaks down big time when
>> users access mailboxes via multiple paths, and not all paths "hide"
>> the internal message.  For that reason I don't think too highly of it.
> 
> Interesting comments.
> Care to elaborate a little when you say "multiple paths".
> 

I use xfmail at home and mutt at work.  Neither of them speak MH properly, so i
constantly have to mark mail read, sent, etc in both.  Same thing happens here.

pine knows to hide the internal mail message, XFMAIL does not.  mutt did not
always do it either.  Basically, if a program uses our lib it will work. 
Otherwise it will fail.