Re: [9front] upas/fs: copy messages between IMAP folders

[Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>]

On May 28, 2021 12:26:51 PM EDT, risto.salminen@gmx.com wrote:
>Hello,
>
>sl wrote:
>> not sure I understand the problem clearly, but I copy messages from mbox to other folders via imap every day.
>
>If it is possible to copy messages in some way already,
>then there is indeed something that I do not understand.
>
>Normally I open my mailbox as
>
>  ; echo open /imaps/$mailserver/$mailuser mbox >/mail/fs/ctl
>
>where $mailserver and $mailuser contain the actual server
>and user values, so that then /mail/fs/mbox contains the
>IMAP folder that I can open with just running 'mail'.
>Then I open my archive folder as
>
>  ; echo open /imaps/$mailserver/$mailuser/Archive Archive >/mail/fs/ctl
>
>so that /mail/fs/Archive contains the archive, which can
>be opened by running 'mail' and then 'mb Archive'.
>If I now do
>
>  ; upas/mbappend Archive /mail/fs/mbox/$id/raw
>
>I get the message in /mail/box/$user/Archive, which is
>just a local folder.  If I do
>
>  ; upas/mbappend /imaps/$mailserver/$mailuser/Archive /mail/fs/mbox/$id/raw
>
>then I get back 'mbappend somepid: fail', because obviously
>this is not the correct way to do it.  If I do
>
>  ; upas/mbappend /mail/fs/Archive /mail/fs/mbox/$id/raw
>
>which would perhaps seem sensible, I also get back
>'mbappend somepid: fail', this time because upas/fs
>indeed disallows opening files inside /mail/fs/ folders
>for writing.
>
>Therefore, I have used the configuration in my patches
>for some time, because I could not figure out any other
>way to do this.
>
>Perhaps someone would like to enlighten me how this is
>supposed to work.
>
>Thanks,
>rsal
>

now I get it. I observe the same behavior when running commands on a local 9front against a remote 9front imap server.

however, using k9 mail client on android against a remote 9front imap server, I can copy or move messages between folders on the remote server with no problem.

sl