Preannounce: Kroupware Project started

[Roberto H. Alsina]

On Wed, Sep 11 2002 at 06:40:32pm +1000, Don Sanders wrote:
> > Thanks!
> >
> > > Now, already the first technical question: why did you choose
> > > Cyrus IMAP instead of Courier IMAP?
> >
> > Again, I will unfortunately have to pass the ball to Martin or the
> > other Erfrakon guys; I am just one of the client guys :-o
> 
> Just a thought but I think it makes sense to try to add functionality 
> to IMAP (proprietrary at first but try to get it into the IMAP 
> standard via the IETF and RFCs).
> 
> For instance, I don't think it's completely the right thing for the 
> MUA to implement virtual folders. Instead for IMAP users that should 
> be implemented in the IMAP server. So when they change from one 
> machine to another they don't lose their virtual folders.

There is nothing on the IMAP standard saying folders are not virtual ;-)

> Also stuff like multiple identities fall into the same category.

Hm? IMAP is not for sending, how can it implement multiple identities?

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