[OT] Folders under INBOX (re: g)

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2013-01-20 at 14:38 +0000, g wrote:
> On 01/18/2013 09:15 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> >
> > Am 18.01.2013 22:05, schrieb g:
> >> how does folder moving tie in between server and client?
> > 
> > switch to another folder and back if IDLE push
> > does not refresh enough for you
> 
> "IDLE push"?
> 
> 
> >> which tree structure is reflected to the other?
> >
> > uhm?
> >
> > the whole structure is on the server as also the mails
> > there is no "the other" at all
> 
> in other words, email client reflects what is on server and email
> client user does not have to build structure in client?

By default no. The client can of course have its own folder structure,
but the two are entirely independent. Many clients also allow caching of
server folders locally (usually on a per-folder basis).

> emails are on server because it is the server.  but as i recall, they
> are downloaded to client and deleted from server if so configured.

I don't know of any client that does that. You may be thinking of POP,
which is entirely different. The whole point of IMAP is to keep the
master copy on the server where it's accessible from anywhere, and use
local copies only as a cache.

> years ago, when i was using imap, i filtered on my client, not on
> server.

That's because standardized server-side filtering never really got going
and isn't well-supported by any widely-used client. However in this case
we're specifically talking about Gmail, not about some random IMAP
server. Although the Gmail implementation of IMAP is slightly quirky,
the server-side filtering is effective. The only thing is you have to
set it up via the web interface.

poc