From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/16740 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: nnimap: How do I work with the "folders" on the IMAP server? Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:35:07 +0100 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Message-ID: <87bnxkqysk.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <87wqgpe0mh.fsf@moondust.localdomain> <87k3c8yerl.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87ha7cpnf9.fsf@moondust.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1394044798 12639 80.91.229.3 (5 Mar 2014 18:39:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:39:58 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 19:40:08 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WLGjf-0004mT-Uq for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:40:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53995 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLGjf-0005ix-Hk for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:40:07 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 77.18.54.110.tmi.telenormobil.no Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1394044621 6047 77.18.54.110 (5 Mar 2014 18:37:01 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:37:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:4Kdxu75lH7/qZ2O7P9mtoF1XgsQ= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:87869 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:16740 Archived-At: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) writes: > IMAP implements the semantics of a folder hierarchy, if not the reality > of it. > > For me this heirarchical arrangement of saved emails is > essential. Without it is like living with a file system that only > supports directories one level deep; it's barely useable. > > It seems to me that to truly support IMAP, a mail client should be able > to take advantage of this feature. Well, IMAP group names are just... group names, really. If you wish to consider the "." character to have some meaning, you're free to do that. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/