On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:48:30 -0600, Dan White <dwhite@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 23/11/09 10:17 +0100, Julien Vehent wrote: >>I was wondering if there were any undergoing work to extend the "flagged" >>attribute of IMAP into something more configurable ? >> >>I am thinking of some sort of labelling similar to what is implemented on >>gmail, for example, but also with the wirtual folders in Outlook and >>extended tagging in Thunderbird. > > Per RFC 3501 (page 63): > > PERMANENTFLAGS > > Followed by a parenthesized list of flags, indicates which of > the known flags the client can change permanently. Any flags > that are in the FLAGS untagged response, but not the > PERMANENTFLAGS list, can not be set permanently. If the client > attempts to STORE a flag that is not in the PERMANENTFLAGS > list, the server will either ignore the change or store the > state change for the remainder of the current session only. > The PERMANENTFLAGS list can also include the special flag \*, > which indicates that it is possible to create new keywords by > attempting to store those flags in the mailbox. > > > It appears 2.3.x supports '\*': > > dwhite@thebrain:~$ imtest ... > <cut> > Authenticated. > 111 select INBOX > * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen) > * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen \*)] > <cut> > 111 OK [READ-WRITE] Completed > 222 store 1 +flags (reallyreallyimportant) > * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen reallyreallyimportant) > * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen > * reallyreallyimportant \*)] > 222 OK Completed > 333 search keyword reallyreallyimportant > * SEARCH 1 > 333 OK Completed (1 msgs in 0.000 secs) > 444 logout > * BYE LOGOUT received > 444 OK Completed > Connection closed. Great ! Thanks for the pointer, I'll look into this and see if it's supported by the clients I use. Julien ---- 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
