Re: Gmail

> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Tomas Kuliavas
>
> <tokul@...> wrote:
> > 2010.02.12 19:20 Paul Lesniewski rašė:
> >>   If we add Gmail, we need at least one Gmail-specific fix in the
> >> code, wherein when FETCHing a message body, their IMAP server does not
> >> set the Seen flag.  The fix is simple.
> >
> > Fix is really simple and does not require changes in source. It is called
> > "contact software vendor and ask to fix their stuff". Code should not
> > introduce fixes for third party bugs that violate standards.
> >
> > If you add fixes for gmail, you will have to add fixes for any other
> > broken IMAP server.
> >
> >> trash_folder = [Gmail]/Trash
> >> sent_folder = [Gmail]/Sent Mail
> >> draft_folder = [Gmail]/Drafts
> >
> > Gmail system folder names are localized and depend on translation
> > selected by end user.
>
> Good catch.  Each time a user changes language settings in Gmail, the
> Drafts, Sent and Trash folder names are changed.  Thus, there is
> probably no way for SquirrelMail to know what to expect when logging
> in for the names of these folders.
>
> So the compromise I propose is to include "auto_create_special =
> false" in the presets and add a warning about this issue (e.g., it's
> prudent for the user to change the SquirrelMail language to match and
> adjust the Draft/Sent/Trash folder settings in Options-->Folder
> Preferences).  This will create a situation where those special
> folders are recognized when both interface languages are set to
> English and otherwise, the user has to do some manual setup on their
> own.  Aside from not adding Gmail, I don't see any other viable
> configuration.
>