[Kolab-devel] Kolab Format specs/Kontact: Question about custom folder types

[Gunnar Wrobel]

Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas at intevation.de> writes:

> * Gunnar Wrobel <wrobel at pardus.de> [20071005 07:32]:
>> What are other clients supposed to assume about these folders? That
>> they are also just mail?
>
> The Kolab specification obviously doesn't specify other clients.

Sorry about being unclear. I was referring to another Kolab client. If
one Kolab client sees a a folder-type of "kolab.fancy-type" what
should it assume about it?

I guess it should just consider it as normal mail. But the Kolab
client might also say: "Ah, this is something I don't know anything
about so I better hide it from the user since it might be something
important that another Kolab client needs to have."


>
> If the other clients are IMAP clients (probably) they will probably
> handle the files as either mails or maybe plain files (which just
> happen to look like mails).
>
> It would be good if they don't mess around with the folders, but
> otherwise they are free to do what they want, except calling
> themselves a Kolab client.

Cheers,

Gunnar

-- 
______ http://kdab.com _______________ http://kolab-konsortium.com _

p at rdus Kolab work is funded in part by KDAB and the Kolab Konsortium

____ http://www.pardus.de _________________ http://gunnarwrobel.de _
E-mail : p at rdus.de                                 Dr. Gunnar Wrobel
Tel.   : +49 40 432 72335                           Bundesstrasse 29
Fax    : +49 40 432 70855                            D-20146 Hamburg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   >> Mail at ease - Rent a kolab groupware server at p at rdus <<                 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~