[Kolab-devel] Handling of default groupware folders within Kolab clients

[Martin Konold]

Am Montag 07 Mai 2007 schrieb Gunnar Wrobel:
> "Joon Radley" <joon at radleys.co.za> writes:
> > Hi Gunnar,
> >
> >> But what should happen if there already exists a global groupware
> >> folder on the server that the user has access to? Let's assume there
> >> is a global "Notes"-Folder on the server then the Horde client
> >> currently detects this folder and accepts this as the users default
> >> groupware. The usual "Notes" folder will not be created.
> >>
> >> Is this an acceptable behaviour? Or are there specific reasons for
> >> *always* creating the default folders?
> >
> > The behavior works for me. It is exactly what the Toltec Connector does.
>
> Ah, great.

No, this is not great but plain broken!

The main point is that folders not only have a folder-type like mail,calendar, 
notes and contacts but also define which folders are the default folders. 
There must exist exactly _one_ default folder for each type. This folder must 
be owned by the user and typically resides in the top level hierarchy just 
below INBOX.

Please check Chapter 6.1 in 
http://www.kolab.org/doc/concept-draft-cvs20060921.pdf

Regards,
-- martin

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