After scouring Google for several days looking for a solution to this common question, and after subtle prodding on the Imp mailing list, I decided to roll my own method of making IMP create the default sent, trash, drafts, and spam folders as defined in "horde/imp/config/prefs.php" the first time a user logs in. This code was written for IMP 4.1.x.
What we need to do is create a Maintenance Task in the IMP The first thing we need to do is create a maintenance task. This is done by creating a PHP script called "horde/imp/lib/Maintenance/Tasks/create_default_folders.php" which contains the following class:
getValue($this_folder, true), true);
if ($folder) {
$imp_folder = &IMP_Folder::singleton();
if (!$imp_folder->exists($folder)) {
$imp_folder->create($folder, true);
}
}
}
return true;
}
function describeMaintenance() {
return _("This process makes sure the default folders are created on your account.");
}
}
?>
Now you'll need to edit "horde/imp/lib/Maintenance/imp.php" to reflect this change:
var $maint_tasks = array(
'tos_agreement' => MAINTENANCE_FIRST_LOGIN,
'create_default_folders' => MAINTENANCE_FIRST_LOGIN,
// If you have users who often "accidently" delete their folders, you can do this instead:
// 'create_default_folders' => MAINTENANCE_EVERY,
'fetchmail_login' => MAINTENANCE_EVERY,
'rename_sentmail_monthly' => MAINTENANCE_MONTHLY,
'delete_sentmail_monthly' => MAINTENANCE_MONTHLY,
'delete_attachments_monthly' => MAINTENANCE_MONTHLY,
'purge_trash' => MAINTENANCE_MONTHLY
);
Finally, add a preference in "horde/imp/config/prefs.php" like this:
$_prefs['create_default_folders'] = array(
'value' => 1,
'locked' => false,
'shared' => false,
'type' => 'implicit');