[Kde-pim] Location of folder properties.

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Tuesday 02 June 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> One major annoyance I have with KMail concerns folder properties on a
> local imap server.  I set certain folders to hold replies to
> messages, so that I see complete threads.  Then I work on a different
> box, and the property is not set.  Or maybe I get a moderator's
> message because my default address was used for sending, instead of
> the one applicable to the ML.
>
> It seems to me that a user is likely to want the same settings,
> whichever box he works on, so it would be logical to hold folder
> settings on the imap server's user space, rather than on the client
> box.  Is there a reason why this wouldn't work?
>
> If it seems feasible and useful I'll file a RFE, but won't bother if
> it would cause problems elsewhere.

The most obvious reason would be that there are no provisions in IMAP to 
store such information on the server. Hmm, there is the brand-new IMAP 
METADATA extension [1]. Hmm, apparently the Kolab consortium is 
actively pushing this extension in UW imap [2] and Dovecot [3].

For IMAP servers not implementing this extension one could store those 
settings in a special message in each folder. This special message 
would be hidden in KMail, but obviously it would be visible in other 
clients. So the message would have to say something like "KMail Folder 
Settings - Please do not delete or else ...". :-)

Anyway, I guess filing an RFE is a good idea.


Regards,
Ingo


[1] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc5464.html
[2] http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Kolab-major-app-patches
[3] http://hg.intevation.org/kolab/dovecot-metadata-plugin/
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