[Users] IMAP folder translation

[Ilja Rogoff]

Am Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:11:23 +0100
schrieb Michael Rasmussen via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org>:

> The names of the special folders are determined by the mail server.
> Claws simply replicate the names served by the mail server - With IMAP
> you simply get a look of the folder structure on the server whereas
> with POP you make your own names of the folder and the claws maintains
> a link between your local names and the server names.
> So POP you create a local copy and copies the data from the server to
> your local folders whereas with IMAP you sort of have a looking glas
> of what is stored on the server. I hope this makes sense?

Thanks for your answer. Makes sense, yes. I just wondered because e.g.
Thunderbird "translates" the IMAP-folders.