Re: Problems with latest imap stuff

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@esys.ca> writes:

> >> > Well, I'd really like UW-imapd to be usable without having to supply
> >> > the client a path to the folders, but it isn't. I'm tempted to patch
> >> > it, but that would have to be done again and again for each new
> >> > revision.
> >> 
> >> Teach nn-imap about NAMESPACE and the problem goes away.
> > 
> > This won't help -- the problem is that Gnus want a list of all the
> > groups on the server. On a Uwash server at my department, this would
> > be literally billions and billions of groups.
> 
> Yuk. Okay, I get it now. Do you think LSUB could be useful maybe?

Maybe, but then we'd need a way to do (server-side) subscription to
mailboxes in nnimap -- this isn't possible today (another Yuk). A
enhanced *Browse Server* mode will fix many things; partial mailbox
list fetches, NAMESPACE, server side subscriptions. And the most
important one, improving the user interface for subscribing and server
viewing.

Finishing the flag stuff is #1, enhancing *Browse Server* mode is #2
for me right now.

/s