[imp] Rename INBOX

[Chris Hastie]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Ralf Zipp <ralf.zipp at web.de> wrote
>Hello,
>
>is it possible to choose a different name for the INBOX folder, where 
>the new message arrive?
>
Sort of yes, but it doesn't do what you I suspect you want.

INBOX isn't an Imp thing, it's an IMAP thing. It's a reserved name for a 
user's primary folder on a server. RFC2060 says this about renaming it:

|      Renaming INBOX is permitted, and has special behavior.  It moves
|      all messages in INBOX to a new mailbox with the given name,
|      leaving INBOX empty.  If the server implementation supports
|      inferior hierarchical names of INBOX, these are unaffected by a
|      rename of INBOX.

In other words, you can "rename" INBOX, but the effect is simply to 
create a new folder with your chosen name and move the contents of INBOX 
to that folder. INBOX still exists, and still gets your new mail.
-- 
Chris Hastie