MBOX-Line: From mrc at CAC.Washington.EDU  Wed Oct 24 12:16:18 2007
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:40 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] STATUS on a \NoSelect mailbox
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Dave Cridland wrote:
> That [Gmail] heirarchy point shouldn't be listed here - as Mark says, it's 
> not a mailbox, therefore shouldn't match.
>
> It should be returned for LIST "" "%", but not LIST "" "*".

I disagree.  It depends upon the semantics of the underlying mail store.

In some mail stores, such as Cyrus, there is no such physical object as a 
"directory" (which is typically what a \NoSelect name is); that is, a 
bucket that holds mailboxes and other directories.  In others, such as the 
ones typically exported by UW, there is such a physical object.

IMAP does NOT, repeat NOT!! dictate the semantics of the server's mail 
store; rather, it provides a means to export the mail store's semantics.

-- Mark --

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