> If I understood correctly, Jamie's bug wasn't about allowing to set
> inbox as sent folder, because he's already done that.

What Alex is saying is that, at least in recent versions, you can not set INBOX 
as a special folder. So if Jamie was able to set INBOX as a Sent folder, he's 
in a situation that's not supported by Roundcube. Just stating the fact, not 
saying if thats right or wrong.

> The bug was about
> what folder name is shown in case inbox is sent. IMO, inbox should
> always be shown as inbox regardless of whether or not it's also used for
> sent, drafts, trash, and/or junk. Don't you agree?

The ticket the OP referred to has a deeper question. And one that I think is 
very valid, as im in the same position as the OP in a way. I think it should be 
possible to disable translation of special folder names through a config 
option. I have actually disabled that whole piece of code. The reason 
translations can be bad in certain situations (ours is one of them) is that you 
can end up with visually the same folder names, even through they're different 
folders. 

Let me give an example. Lets say one of our customers has the following 6 
physical folders:


INBOX
Drafts
Sent
Spam
Trash
Verzonden    (this is a dutch translation of 'Sent').

If I let roundcube do it's thing, the customer will see the following in his 
roundcube folder list:


INBOX
Drafts
Spam
Trash
Verzonden
Verzonden


You may think, why would someone try to make a folder 'Verzonden' when he 
already thinks he's got one. That's simple. We allow access through direct IMAP 
as well, and IMAP clients do not provide the same translation. (or worse, they 
provide a different translation!).  So, in their IMAP client (thunderbird, 
Outlook, Apple Mail), they do see the 'Sent' and "verzonden" separately. Or you 
may think, why didnt you give those folders a dutch name in the first place?  
Thats easy too, we have many international customers, so having dutch 
foldernames is just not an option. 

It would be very helpful if one could disable translation of special folder 
names, regardless of the issue of the OP.

Cor


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