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copied!<p><strong>UPDATE June 2016</strong></p> <p>Bear in mind that <code>XLIST</code> in Gmail IMAP <a href="https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap_extensions#xlist_is_deprecated" rel="nofollow noreferrer">was deprecated in 2013</a> and will eventually be removed.</p> <p>You will need to use the <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6154" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SPECIAL-USE mailboxes</a> instead. </p> <p>Unfortunately, Gmail doesn't advertise this capability as per the spec, but it is implemented and works correctly (tested on 09/09/2016) - note the \Trash flag:</p> <pre><code>C: 55535a988a074191 LIST "" * RETURN (SPECIAL-USE) S: ... S: * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Trash) "/" "[Gmail]/Bin" </code></pre> <p>Regular LIST returns the same response as well (I'd say this is Gmail's bug).</p> <hr> <p><strong>Original Answer</strong></p> <p>There is a better way: <strong>XLIST</strong> command.</p> <p>Google and Apple developed a special IMAP command XLIST to address this issue.</p> <p>IMAP XLIST command <strong>returns a list of folders and their well-know flags</strong> (\Inbox, \Drafts, \Trash, \Sent, \Spam):</p> <pre><code>* XLIST (\HasNoChildren \Inbox) "/" "Inbox" </code></pre> <p><a href="https://www.limilabs.com/mail" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mail.dll IMAP client</a> (Commercial product I've created) supports XLIST command. It is used automatically when server advertises support for this feature. You can read more here: <a href="https://www.limilabs.com/blog/localized-gmail-imap-folders" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.limilabs.com/blog/localized-gmail-imap-folders/</a></p>

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