Find mailbox by name considered harmful
- From: Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield MindSpring com>
- To: Balsa list <balsa-list gnome org>
- Subject: Find mailbox by name considered harmful
- Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:46:30 -0400
In several places, Balsa searches for a mailbox based on its name. The
search has a significant risk of returning the wrong mailbox, since a
mailbox tree can easily have more than one mailbox with a given name.
Thanks to all those who've pointed this out before.
Mailboxes can be uniquely identified by URL. In every place where
incorrect identification can be harmful, either
(a) search-by-name should be replaced with search-by-url, or
(b) the user should be presented with a list of all matching
mailboxes,
showing where each is located in the tree, and asked to select
one,
with (a) preferred.
Comments?
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