[spambayes-dev] Three patches for better Evolution integration

[Sjoerd Mullender]

Tony Meyer wrote:
> [Sjoerd Mullender]
> 
>>I was thinking, could you use the IMAP command to add a flag to a
>>message, such as STORE +FLAGS Classified and STORE +FLAGS 
>>Trained.  You can select messages with SEARCH KEYWORD Classified.  You 
>>wouldn't have to change the message, so you don't need to make
>>copies (unless of course you have to move the message to a
>>different folder).
> 
> 
> The problem is that not all IMAP servers allow you to store arbitary flags
> (at least this is how the RFC reads to me; correct me if I'm wrong).  So
> this would mean we only support a subset of IMAP servers.  Again, if someone
> decides that this is the way to go, I don't really care, but I likewise, I
> don't care enough to do it myself.

I can't say I care very much either at the moment.
But just for the record, it seems that the Cyrus and UW IMAP servers 
both implement this.

-- 
Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd at acm.org>