Re: Gmail

Paul Lesniewski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.squirrelmail.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Tomas Kuliavas
<[email protected]> 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.

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Paul Lesniewski
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