--On 15 November 2007 14:05:43 +0200 Joon Radley <joon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Ian, > >> > In IMAP this gets a bit blurred as the INBOX is also >> > the mechanism for receiving new mail. >> >> No, an INBOX is simply a mailbox. It's a place that you can deliver email >> to, and read email from. With the right delivery agent, it's possible to >> deliver email to any mailbox, so there's nothing particularly special >> about the INBOX except that it's the default mailbox. > > Yes it is a mailbox and there for part of the mail store. It is also part > of the transport mechanism, when the mail is received. So it has a dual > functionality. > > I define transport of mail as both the sending and receiving of mail. Ok, that's a reasonable way to define the terms. Indeed, if the mechanism didn't have a place the email to go, then the transport could not take place. What I don't understand is that you seem to think that there's a possibility that email could be stored in some place that it can't be transported to. Where would that be? -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
