[ietf-822] Re: Comment on experimental RFC9078

[Alessandro Vesely <[e-mail]>]

On Fri 19/Jul/2024 17:59:44 +0200 John R Levine wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2024, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
> 
>> Asking that question is a usual way to understand whether a feature belongs 
>> to the server or to the client.  Think translating the names of standard IMAP 
>> folders, for example.
> 
> If you want to get rid of reactions or shunt them to a separate folder, the 
> IETF-ish way to do that is SIEVE in the MDA.  But that's a separate issue.


I think nobody wants to see reactions in the same guise as regular email 
messages, except perhaps for debugging purposes.  Moving to a different folder 
works for both types of MUAs, reaction capable and non-capable.  Should 
standardize the folder name, e.g. Reactions.  A user can go there to see the 
gory details of reaction messages.  Otherwise, the (capable) MUA should display 
some kind of summary in relation to the messages they refer to, no?


> Other than virus filtering my MDA doesn't look at attachments and lets the MUAs 
> deal with them.


Doesn't it open attachments of messages in the aggregate reports folder?


Best
Ale
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