Re: file storage in IMAP (eventually for Tramp) working and needs testing

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:21:42 -0600 Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote: 

TZ> Third question: namespaces.  I feel that it's much better
TZ> for the user to store all the files in a single mailbox:

TZ> INBOX.storage holds /a/b/c, /d/e/f, and /g/h/i

TZ> I believe you proposed that instead we should auto-create:

TZ> INBOX.storage.a.b to hold /a/b/c
TZ> INBOX.storage.d.e to hold /d/e/f
TZ> INBOX.storage.g.h to hold /g/h/i

I realized there is a third option: don't allow directories.  Everything
is at the top level /, and make-directory fails.  That would simplify
the code tremendously though users may not like it.

Ted