{"id":2339,"date":"2021-03-04T03:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T11:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2021-03-04T03:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T11:59:40","slug":"windows-live-mail-2012-imap-folder-setup-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/04\/windows-live-mail-2012-imap-folder-setup-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Live Mail (2012) IMAP Folder Setup – Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many years ago, Gmail changed their folder structure so some of the IMAP settings tutorials are not correct anymore. Since Windows Live Mail (WLM) auto-configures<\/a> Gmail, the special folders are automatically determined and they cannot be specified<\/strong>. Please leave Root folder path alone like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gmail IMAP folder settings are automatically configured when established automatically in Windows Live Mail
Do NOT change the settings. If you do manual configuration, make sure you mirror these settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Basically Gmail decided with the exception of Inbox<\/code><\/span>, which stays at root, all “System labels<\/em>” goes under the subfolder [Gmail]<\/code>. However user-created labels (simply called “Labels<\/em>“) stay at root folder level. For example, I have a user folder called Save<\/code> enabled for IMAP, the folder tree with the Gmail account looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Example of Gmail IMAP folder structure. Inbox and user-created labels stays on top.
ALL system labels<\/em> go under the subfolder [Gmail]<\/code><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Because you cannot specify where the Trash folder is, delete button really mean delete (to a recycle bin that’s purged in 30 days), not archive to a folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also because Gmail is smart enough to save a copy in your [Gmail]\/Sent Mail<\/code> folder if you use their SMTP (out-going mail) server<\/strong>, the “Save copy of sent message in ‘Sent Items’ folder<\/em>” setting on Windows Live Mail is irrelevant: you cannot choose not to save it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And yes, I tried it checking this (for other non-Gmail accounts), and confirmed that Gmail is smart enough to save one copy (not one from the SMTP and one executed by the client).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here’s a summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n