thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Add support for creating, deleting and renaming IMAP folders

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

Expected behaviour

A user should be able create, delete and rename IMAP folders

Actual behaviour

The user has to do it via the web client

Notes

It doesn't look too complex to implement: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#page-34

A similar issue will want to be raised for WebDAV.

This blocks #900

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Research direction

Start by reading RFC 3501 page 34 and locating the existing IMAP folder handling in the Android client. Done means users can create, delete, and rename IMAP folders from the app, rather than relying on the web client; account for the related WebDAV issue separately.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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