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MBOX-Line: From joel+imap-protocol at panacea.null.org Wed Dec 30 05:29:30 2009
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Joel Reicher <joel+imap-protocol@panacea.null.org>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:43 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] Childless noselect mailboxes
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In-Reply-To: <Gophermail.2.0.0912300657280.23421@vs-w.tc.umn.edu>
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References: <1262106049.26478.745.camel@timo-desktop>
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<alpine.OSX.2.00.0912290938230.18442@hsinghsing.panda.com>
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<1262111858.26478.842.camel@timo-desktop>
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<alpine.OSX.2.00.0912291042070.18442@hsinghsing.panda.com>
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<1262114250.26478.864.camel@timo-desktop>
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<alpine.DEB.2.00.0912300000110.22394@Higashi-Tomobiki>
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<Gophermail.2.0.0912300657280.23421@vs-w.tc.umn.edu>
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Message-ID: <4218.1262179770@succubus.panacea.null.org>
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Brian Hayden writes:
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> They see a
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> file as analogous to a mail message, not a mailbox. And if you stop for a
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> second to think about it, it's obvious why--a file and a mail message both
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> contain text data.
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A MIME part can contain text data too.
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I think it's likely that users view messages as the "privileged" container
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that is at the end of the name hierarchy only because they are using
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interfaces that place it there. Being a container does not, in itself,
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seem to give messages any kind of special status, because lots of other
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things are containers too.
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Cheers,
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- Joel
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