[Dovecot] RFE: IMAP LIST Extension for Special-Use Mailboxes

[Charles Marcus]

Sorry for replying to such an old email, but...

I'm wondering how 'Templates' got left out?

It is a Special folder in Thunderbird that you can't delete - and it is 
very useful (at least in Thunderbird) as well...

I tried adding it in my dovecot (2.2.10) config, but it complained about 
an unsupported option...

On 2011-03-11 5:31 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter <p at state-of-mind.de> wrote:
> A server may, for example, mark a folder as \Sent.
>
> Any client that connects to such a server can search for a folder that has
> been attributed as "Sent".
>
> No need to create a new folder "Sent Items" if there's a special folder marked
> as \Sent. Same goes for clients that insist on calling it "sent" or "Gesendete
> Objekte" or ...
>
> The RFC reserves a list of special use folders:
>
>     \All
>          This mailbox presents all messages in the user's message store.
>          Implementations MAY omit some messages, such as, perhaps, those
>          in \Trash and \Junk.  When this special use is supported, it is
>          almost certain to represent a virtual mailbox.
>
>     \Archive
>          This mailbox is used to archive messages.  The meaning of an
>          "archival" mailbox is server-dependent; typically, it will be
>          used to get messages out of the inbox, or otherwise keep them
>          out of the user's way, while still making them accessible.
>
>     \Drafts
>          This mailbox is used to hold draft messages -- typically,
>          messages that are being composed but have not yet been sent.  In
>          some server implementations, this might be a virtual mailbox,
>          containing messages from other mailboxes that are marked with
>          the "\Draft" message flag.  Alternatively, this might just be
>          advice that a client put drafts here.
>
>     \Flagged
>          This mailbox presents all messages marked in some way as
>          "important".  When this special use is supported, it is likely
>          to represent a virtual mailbox collecting messages (from other
>          mailboxes) that are marked with the "\Flagged" message flag.
>
>     \Junk
>          This mailbox is where messages deemed to be junk mail are held.
>          Some server implementations might put messages here
>          automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice to a
>          client-side spam filter.
>
>     \Sent
>          This mailbox is used to hold copies of messages that have been
>          sent.  Some server implementations might put messages here
>          automatically.  Alternatively, this might just be advice that a
>          client save sent messages here.
>
>     \Trash
>          This mailbox is used to hold messages that have been deleted or
>          marked for deletion.  In some server implementations, this might
>          be a virtual mailbox, containing messages from other mailboxes