MBOX-Line: From janssen at parc.com  Fri Jan 25 16:55:25 2008
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Bill Janssen <janssen@parc.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:41 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] IMAP servers with no INBOX -- any indicators? 
In-Reply-To: <alpine.WNT.1.00.0801251542310.3096@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washignton.EDU>
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Message-ID: <08Jan25.165528pst."58696"@synergy1.parc.xerox.com>

> > I think a lot of clients assume that INBOX exists. Easiest to just create a 
> > dummy zero-message read-only virtual INBOX.
> 
> I agree with this advice.  This very topic came up many years ago, and the 
> general concensus at the time was that clients are not out of line by 
> expecting an INBOX.  The specification very strongly implies that clients 
> may make that assumption.

OK, I'll make it so.  Thanks.

Bill

