Re: [PATCH 2/2] Google has renamed the imap folder

From: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 17, 2009, 23:14 UTC
Message-ID: <43d8ce650902171514w7b2a5b69y96f0674ce9b38c0a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090217191618.GL18525@spearce.org>

2009/2/18 Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>:

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> Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 19:54, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
>> > So there's your "Gmail insider", at least from my perspective,
>> > I really can't confirm either way any better than you can.
>>
>> In that case, doesn't it make sense for countries that are "Google
>> Mail" branded rather than "Gmail" branded (I think Germany and the UK
>> are good examples?) have the "[Google Mail]/Drafts" folder, and
>> regular countries will keep using "[GMail]/Drafts"?
>
> Doh, that may very well be the issue here.
>
> I didn't realize Gmail was branded differently in some countries.
> But I wouldn't be surprised if that happened.  And if it did, then
> I'd expect it to follow through in everything, including the IMAP
> folder names.

They were sued in the UK by a company that had already registered the trademark "gmail" iirc, which is probably why they are using Google Mail here.

I think leaving it as GMail is a sensible idea, adding the comment to try Google Mail at the bottom.

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> In which case, [Gmail]/Drafts is probably the more common one
> seen in the wild by users, but a handful in the "other places"
> may see [Google Mail]/Drafts.
>
> --
> Shawn.
>