[Dovecot] OT: IMAP folder aliases

[Rob Middleton]

On 25/09/2009 11:14 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
> 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.
>    
XLIST may deal with this in the future.

It has been initially implemented as an IMAP extension by GMail and 
Apple iPhone's email client. It allows localized naming of drafts, sent, 
etc while allowing the server to tell the client the mapping between 
well-known folder types and their actual name.

http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-POP-and-IMAP-en/browse_thread/thread/a154105c54f020fb?pli=1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476260

It oddly seems to have been barely documented or pushed ... though it is 
sufficiently simple and useful that I hope it gets wide support.

Cheers,
Rob Middleton.