Re: [Evolution] Namespace Again ...

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 15:32, Ryan P Skadberg wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 12:40, Peter Williams wrote:
> > It is a bit disconcerting at first but it is the
> > way it needs to be done.
>
> Needs to be done for what reason exactly?

It needs to be done because some people have a folder named Inbox in
their namespace. Which Inbox is the real INBOX when you also have an
Inbox folder in your namespace? Do you see the problem now?

>   Bad coding?

Not at all.

>   Getting around
> some other bug?

No, just plain working correctly.

>   I don't understand how this NEEDS to be done in
> evolution and does NOT need to be done in any other mail client out
> there.

It *does* need to be done in every other mail client out there, or they
will have the same problems that Evolution 1.0.x had. Simple as that.

>   Obviously the Courier IMAP issue you mentioned must have been
> solved by other mailers that do namespaces correctly, why can't
> evolution also solve it?

Nope, they are also broken.

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast
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