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Mark Crispin  
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 More options May 23 2005, 12:33 pm
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From: Mark Crispin <m...@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 09:33:03 -0700
Local: Mon, May 23 2005 12:33 pm
Subject: Re: Syntax to access mail folders on a remote machine; problem making secure connection
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On Mon, 23 May 2005, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
> The problem with maildir and IMAP access is that the format itself does
> not lend itself for IMAP access.

This has been my conclusion as well.

> if a server wants to support IMAP
> and maildir at the same time, then it is the job of the server to add
> somehow that support (e.g. through some kind of index file), and so you
> will see that many servers have their own extension of the maildir format.

The problem with an index file is that such a thing is not part of
maildir, and if the index file is not NFS-safe by maildir's standards then
it violates maildir.

Unfortunately, it does not seem to be possible to have a reasoned
technical discussion about this issues with members of the Church of
Maildir.  This is particularly troublesome for me, since I'm totally
dedicated to the Church of IMAP :-) and any technical solution that I
endorse must be fully compliant with IMAP.

Other people are willing to cut corners with IMAP and/or maildir, and then
turn around and claim that there is no problem.  The Courier server is a
good example of this; it flagrantly violates IMAP in multiple ways and I
think that it also violates maildir.  You can watch the ongoing
performance of Courier's author on comp.mail.misc to see why I choose not
to communicate with him.

-- Mark --

http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.


 
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