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Re: nnimap: How do I work with the "folders" on the IMAP server?
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: nnimap: How do I work with the "folders" on the IMAP server? |
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Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:35:07 +0100 |
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nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) writes:
> IMAP implements the semantics of a folder hierarchy, if not the reality
> of it.
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> For me this heirarchical arrangement of saved emails is
> essential. Without it is like living with a file system that only
> supports directories one level deep; it's barely useable.
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> It seems to me that to truly support IMAP, a mail client should be able
> to take advantage of this feature.
Well, IMAP group names are just... group names, really. If you wish to
consider the "." character to have some meaning, you're free to do that.
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