[kmail2] [Bug 283020] Store Kmail Tags in IMAP flags, like Thunderbird

[Denis Kurz]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283020

Denis Kurz <kdenis at posteo.de> changed:

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            Version|Git (master)                |5.5.1

--- Comment #19 from Denis Kurz <kdenis at posteo.de> ---
Implementing this would have a nice side effect or two. Akonadi was meant to be
an offline cache for stuff like e-mail. Akonadi tags, however, add completely
new functionality. If tags are stored as IMAP tags, however, Akonadi's task
would then be reduced to caching again. Also, if Akonadi's db is corrupted for
whatever reasons, or I decide to switch db backends, or some faulty IMAP server
suddenly presents old mail with new IDs, or whatever, Akonadi would not lose
all the old tags. It would only have to re-index them. This approach seems a
lot less error-prone to me when compared to the current tag system.

To all reporters: Please remember that you can always make it easier for a
developer to work on a bug/request by providing references to relevant
standards, making detailed suggestions etc. Noone wants to work on a six year
old request if she has to put a week of research into it first. In this case:
Are IMAP flags even supposed to be used like this? If so, can you link to the
related RFC or some other source?

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