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rodent_la
rodent_la

Reputation: 1395

IMAP Folder structures

I have to implement an client application that need to sync IMAP messages. But currently IMAP server that store messages are not ready yet and i need to finish my task. So i am using to Gmail for testing my implementation of retrieving IMAP messages.

I simulate what the spec said for the folder structures in Gmail. Creating folder and subfolders. 

/Default

/Default/User1/Session1

/Default/User1/Session1/File1

/Default/User1/Session2

/Default/User2/Session1

/Default/User3

Then i use java mail to list out the folders under default. 

store.getFolder("Default").list("*");

I loop the folder to print out the folder count and folder name. The returned folder includes all the subfolders of each User like above.

I would like to know is this the way that IMAP server return for the folder list query? all the subfolders under it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 666

Answers (1)

Bill Shannon
Bill Shannon

Reputation: 29971

If you use list(*"), yes. If you only want one level use list("%"). This is well explained in the javadocs.

Upvotes: 1

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