(solved) Re: How to specify special-use mailboxes in KMail

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Tue Aug 23 14:14:10 BST 2016


On Tuesday, 23 August 2016 14:57:12 CEST Volker Wysk wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have setup a Dovecot IMAP-Server, and I want to store special use
> mailboxes (such as Sent or Drafts) on that server. I'm using KMail. How can
> I specify the folders which should be used by the client, for special-use
> messages, such as sent messages?
> 
> It seems that those folders can not be specified in KMail 5.1.3. I only
> found a setting for the Trash mailbox in KMail's configuration. Maybe this
> feature has been added to the recent version of KMail?
> 
> This is from RFC 6154, "IMAP LIST Extension for Special-Use Mailboxes":
> 
>    Some IMAP message stores include special-use mailboxes, such as those
>    used to hold draft messages or sent messages.  Many mail clients
>    allow users to specify where draft or sent messages should be put, ...

The question has been answered in another mailing list. It's at Settings -> 
Configure KMail -> Identities -> Modify -> Advanced.

Bye
Volker




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