[Dovecot] download IMAP folders via POP3

[Jeff Grossman]

Sahil Tandon wrote:
> Jakob Grie?mann wrote:
>
>   
>> I know my question might sound a little bit strange, but is it
>> possible to download IMAP folders via POP3? I have clients who use
>> POP3 on their main machines and IMAP on their "on the road" notebooks.
>> It would be good to download all folders created on the notebook via
>> POP3 to the main desktop.
>>     
>
> POP3 should download the newly created folders, unless there are some
> other idiosyncrasies of which we're not aware.  But as a matter of
> practice, why the mismatch?  Better to have users on IMAP from desktop
> and notebook.  Unless this is a mandate "from above" or a legacy issue,
> move everyone to IMAP!
>
>   
Are you sure about that?  I was always under the impression that POP3 
was only able to download the INBOX.  You need to use IMAP to see any 
other folders that are created on the server.

Jeff