[Dovecot] OT: IMAP folder aliases

[Patrick Ben Koetter]

It seems that there is no standard for folder names that deal with typical
message classes such as drafts, outbox, sent, spam etc. At least there's no
common sense on a naming convention that tells how client should handle this.

Worse than this, most IMAP clients auto-create folders according to their own
naming convention if they don't exist. Every client introduces its own view.

Users OTOH expect a single view that makes it easy for them to find their
messages. They are unwilling to search in "sent", "sent-mail" or "Sent items"
for "messages that have been sent".

I doubt that software producers will adopt a standard naming convention if it
was introduced within a useful time span.

Has anyone seen an approach or a solution that solves the problem from a users
point of view? A server side alias list that maps to a server standard?

p at rick

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