RE: [Evolution-hackers] imap cache proposal

["Dan Winship" <danw ximian com>]

> Anyways, the idea is that if we make it so that the location of the IMAP 
> cache is part of the account config rather than being a path that the 
> imap store creates itself during instantiation, we could more easily 
> delete the cache when the user deletes his/her account (because the 
> mailer would know where the cache dir was).

The mailer already can know that. Just call camel_service_get_path()
on the CamelImapStore. Everything underneath that directory can be nuked
when the account is deleted.

> This would also mean that if the hostname of the mail server changes, 
> the new imap camel-object would also just magically re-use the existing 
> cache dir rather than starting a whole new one.

True. (Could also be dealt with by having the mailer rename the old
dir to the new name.)

> We'd probably want to use some sort of random string or something (this 
> sems to be what mozilla does) rather than "user hostname:port" as the 
> cache dir name too.

Sounds like a job for account->uid.

-- Dan