Odd behaviour of iPad and iMac

[Peter James]

I have an iMac running OS 10.8.3 and an iPad running I.O.S. version
6.1.3.

I use the iPad only very occasionally for downloading e-mail. I
reserve that task for the iMac.
I'm using IMAP mail administered by my Internet provider.

However on those occasions when I do download e-mail onto the iPad, in
the process it somehow writes extra mailboxes to the mail server.
These M'boxes appear in the Mail app on the iMac and call themselves
"recovered Messages" and "Default".

If I delete an e-mail that's on the iPad a M'box called "Deleted
Messages" will then appear on my iMac.

I have spoken to the local Apple provider who tell me that this
behaviour is not caused by either the iPad or the iMac.
I have spoken to my Internet provider who is adamant that this behaviour
in not caused by them, or the actions of the IMAP mail server.

So can anyone on this NG throw any light on this behaviour, or maybe
point me in a direction that would throw some light in this?

Many thanks,

Peter

--
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see
that, if not actually disgruntled he was far from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 - 1975

[JF Mezei]

On 13-05-17 14:03, Peter James wrote:

> If I delete an e-mail that's on the iPad a M'box called "Deleted
> Messages" will then appear on my iMac.

This is done by the imap client. so yes, your iPad is the one that
handles messages differently and instead of sending messages to the
"Trash" it sends them to "Deleted Messages".

imap clients often regionalise the names of folders. So it is poossible
that the iPad software uses different set of standard folder names.