From 6ab9e8a6c8474063ea70c727bb3fe107f1a864dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thomascube <thomas@roundcube.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:17:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Respect force flag when counting messages

---
 program/include/rcube_imap.php | 3995 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------
 1 files changed, 1,686 insertions(+), 2,309 deletions(-)

diff --git a/program/include/rcube_imap.php b/program/include/rcube_imap.php
index 03dc90a..2e1e3ed 100644
--- a/program/include/rcube_imap.php
+++ b/program/include/rcube_imap.php
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
  | program/include/rcube_imap.php                                        |
  |                                                                       |
  | This file is part of the Roundcube Webmail client                     |
- | Copyright (C) 2005-2011, The Roundcube Dev Team                       |
- | Copyright (C) 2011, Kolab Systems AG                                  |
- | Licensed under the GNU GPL                                            |
+ | Copyright (C) 2005-2012, The Roundcube Dev Team                       |
+ | Copyright (C) 2011-2012, Kolab Systems AG                             |
+ |                                                                       |
+ | Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or            |
+ | any later version with exceptions for skins & plugins.                |
+ | See the README file for a full license statement.                     |
  |                                                                       |
  | PURPOSE:                                                              |
- |   IMAP Engine                                                         |
+ |   IMAP Storage Engine                                                 |
  |                                                                       |
  +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Author: Thomas Bruederli <roundcube@gmail.com>                        |
@@ -30,16 +33,8 @@
  * @author     Aleksander Machniak <alec@alec.pl>
  * @version    2.0
  */
-class rcube_imap
+class rcube_imap extends rcube_storage
 {
-    public $debug_level = 1;
-    public $skip_deleted = false;
-    public $page_size = 10;
-    public $list_page = 1;
-    public $threading = false;
-    public $fetch_add_headers = '';
-    public $get_all_headers = false;
-
     /**
      * Instance of rcube_imap_generic
      *
@@ -52,87 +47,70 @@
      *
      * @var rcube_imap_cache
      */
-    private $mcache;
+    protected $mcache;
 
     /**
      * Instance of rcube_cache
      *
      * @var rcube_cache
      */
-    private $cache;
+    protected $cache;
 
     /**
      * Internal (in-memory) cache
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    private $icache = array();
+    protected $icache = array();
 
-    private $mailbox = 'INBOX';
-    private $delimiter = NULL;
-    private $namespace = NULL;
-    private $sort_field = '';
-    private $sort_order = 'DESC';
-    private $default_charset = 'ISO-8859-1';
-    private $struct_charset = NULL;
-    private $default_folders = array('INBOX');
-    private $uid_id_map = array();
-    private $msg_headers = array();
-    public  $search_set = NULL;
-    public  $search_string = '';
-    private $search_charset = '';
-    private $search_sort_field = '';
-    private $search_threads = false;
-    private $search_sorted = false;
-    private $options = array('auth_method' => 'check');
-    private $host, $user, $pass, $port, $ssl;
-    private $caching = false;
-    private $messages_caching = false;
-
-    /**
-     * All (additional) headers used (in any way) by Roundcube
-     * Not listed here: DATE, FROM, TO, CC, REPLY-TO, SUBJECT, CONTENT-TYPE, LIST-POST
-     * (used for messages listing) are hardcoded in rcube_imap_generic::fetchHeaders()
-     *
-     * @var array
-     * @see rcube_imap::fetch_add_headers
-     */
-    private $all_headers = array(
-        'IN-REPLY-TO',
-        'BCC',
-        'MESSAGE-ID',
-        'CONTENT-TRANSFER-ENCODING',
-        'REFERENCES',
-        'X-DRAFT-INFO',
-        'MAIL-FOLLOWUP-TO',
-        'MAIL-REPLY-TO',
-        'RETURN-PATH',
-    );
-
-    const UNKNOWN       = 0;
-    const NOPERM        = 1;
-    const READONLY      = 2;
-    const TRYCREATE     = 3;
-    const INUSE         = 4;
-    const OVERQUOTA     = 5;
-    const ALREADYEXISTS = 6;
-    const NONEXISTENT   = 7;
-    const CONTACTADMIN  = 8;
+    protected $list_page = 1;
+    protected $delimiter;
+    protected $namespace;
+    protected $sort_field = '';
+    protected $sort_order = 'DESC';
+    protected $struct_charset;
+    protected $uid_id_map = array();
+    protected $msg_headers = array();
+    protected $search_set;
+    protected $search_string = '';
+    protected $search_charset = '';
+    protected $search_sort_field = '';
+    protected $search_threads = false;
+    protected $search_sorted = false;
+    protected $options = array('auth_method' => 'check');
+    protected $caching = false;
+    protected $messages_caching = false;
+    protected $threading = false;
 
 
     /**
      * Object constructor.
      */
-    function __construct()
+    public function __construct()
     {
         $this->conn = new rcube_imap_generic();
 
         // Set namespace and delimiter from session,
         // so some methods would work before connection
-        if (isset($_SESSION['imap_namespace']))
+        if (isset($_SESSION['imap_namespace'])) {
             $this->namespace = $_SESSION['imap_namespace'];
-        if (isset($_SESSION['imap_delimiter']))
+        }
+        if (isset($_SESSION['imap_delimiter'])) {
             $this->delimiter = $_SESSION['imap_delimiter'];
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Magic getter for backward compat.
+     *
+     * @deprecated.
+     */
+    public function __get($name)
+    {
+        if (isset($this->{$name})) {
+            return $this->{$name};
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -144,16 +122,17 @@
      * @param  string   $pass    Password for IMAP account
      * @param  integer  $port    Port to connect to
      * @param  string   $use_ssl SSL schema (either ssl or tls) or null if plain connection
+     *
      * @return boolean  TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
-     * @access public
      */
-    function connect($host, $user, $pass, $port=143, $use_ssl=null)
+    public function connect($host, $user, $pass, $port=143, $use_ssl=null)
     {
         // check for OpenSSL support in PHP build
-        if ($use_ssl && extension_loaded('openssl'))
+        if ($use_ssl && extension_loaded('openssl')) {
             $this->options['ssl_mode'] = $use_ssl == 'imaps' ? 'ssl' : $use_ssl;
+        }
         else if ($use_ssl) {
-            raise_error(array('code' => 403, 'type' => 'imap',
+            rcube::raise_error(array('code' => 403, 'type' => 'imap',
                 'file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__,
                 'message' => "OpenSSL not available"), true, false);
             $port = 143;
@@ -162,7 +141,7 @@
         $this->options['port'] = $port;
 
         if ($this->options['debug']) {
-            $this->conn->setDebug(true, array($this, 'debug_handler'));
+            $this->set_debug(true);
 
             $this->options['ident'] = array(
                 'name' => 'Roundcube Webmail',
@@ -175,21 +154,27 @@
 
         $attempt = 0;
         do {
-            $data = rcmail::get_instance()->plugins->exec_hook('imap_connect',
+            $data = rcube::get_instance()->plugins->exec_hook('imap_connect',
                 array_merge($this->options, array('host' => $host, 'user' => $user,
                     'attempt' => ++$attempt)));
 
-            if (!empty($data['pass']))
+            if (!empty($data['pass'])) {
                 $pass = $data['pass'];
+            }
 
             $this->conn->connect($data['host'], $data['user'], $pass, $data);
         } while(!$this->conn->connected() && $data['retry']);
 
-        $this->host = $data['host'];
-        $this->user = $data['user'];
-        $this->pass = $pass;
-        $this->port = $port;
-        $this->ssl  = $use_ssl;
+        $config = array(
+            'host'     => $data['host'],
+            'user'     => $data['user'],
+            'password' => $pass,
+            'port'     => $port,
+            'ssl'      => $use_ssl,
+        );
+
+        $this->options      = array_merge($this->options, $config);
+        $this->connect_done = true;
 
         if ($this->conn->connected()) {
             // get namespace and delimiter
@@ -200,9 +185,9 @@
         else if ($this->conn->error) {
             if ($pass && $user) {
                 $message = sprintf("Login failed for %s from %s. %s",
-                    $user, rcmail_remote_ip(), $this->conn->error);
+                    $user, rcube_utils::remote_ip(), $this->conn->error);
 
-                raise_error(array('code' => 403, 'type' => 'imap',
+                rcube::raise_error(array('code' => 403, 'type' => 'imap',
                     'file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__,
                     'message' => $message), true, false);
             }
@@ -213,33 +198,48 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Close IMAP connection
+     * Close IMAP connection.
      * Usually done on script shutdown
-     *
-     * @access public
      */
-    function close()
+    public function close()
     {
         $this->conn->closeConnection();
-        if ($this->mcache)
+        if ($this->mcache) {
             $this->mcache->close();
+        }
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Close IMAP connection and re-connect
-     * This is used to avoid some strange socket errors when talking to Courier IMAP
+     * Check connection state, connect if not connected.
      *
-     * @access public
+     * @return bool Connection state.
      */
-    function reconnect()
+    public function check_connection()
     {
-        $this->conn->closeConnection();
-        $connected = $this->connect($this->host, $this->user, $this->pass, $this->port, $this->ssl);
+        // Establish connection if it wasn't done yet
+        if (!$this->connect_done && !empty($this->options['user'])) {
+            return $this->connect(
+                $this->options['host'],
+                $this->options['user'],
+                $this->options['password'],
+                $this->options['port'],
+                $this->options['ssl']
+            );
+        }
 
-        // issue SELECT command to restore connection status
-        if ($connected && strlen($this->mailbox))
-            $this->conn->select($this->mailbox);
+        return $this->is_connected();
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Checks IMAP connection.
+     *
+     * @return boolean  TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
+     */
+    public function is_connected()
+    {
+        return $this->conn->connected();
     }
 
 
@@ -248,18 +248,18 @@
      *
      * @return int Error code
      */
-    function get_error_code()
+    public function get_error_code()
     {
         return $this->conn->errornum;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns message of last error
+     * Returns text of last error
      *
-     * @return string Error message
+     * @return string Error string
      */
-    function get_error_str()
+    public function get_error_str()
     {
         return $this->conn->error;
     }
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
      *
      * @return int Response code
      */
-    function get_response_code()
+    public function get_response_code()
     {
         switch ($this->conn->resultcode) {
             case 'NOPERM':
@@ -296,229 +296,122 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns last command response
+     * Activate/deactivate debug mode
      *
-     * @return string Response
+     * @param boolean $dbg True if IMAP conversation should be logged
      */
-    function get_response_str()
+    public function set_debug($dbg = true)
     {
-        return $this->conn->result;
+        $this->options['debug'] = $dbg;
+        $this->conn->setDebug($dbg, array($this, 'debug_handler'));
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Set options to be used in rcube_imap_generic::connect()
+     * Set internal folder reference.
+     * All operations will be perfomed on this folder.
      *
-     * @param array $opt Options array
+     * @param  string $folder Folder name
      */
-    function set_options($opt)
+    public function set_folder($folder)
     {
-        $this->options = array_merge($this->options, (array)$opt);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Set default message charset
-     *
-     * This will be used for message decoding if a charset specification is not available
-     *
-     * @param  string $cs Charset string
-     * @access public
-     */
-    function set_charset($cs)
-    {
-        $this->default_charset = $cs;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This list of folders will be listed above all other folders
-     *
-     * @param  array $arr Indexed list of folder names
-     * @access public
-     */
-    function set_default_mailboxes($arr)
-    {
-        if (is_array($arr)) {
-            $this->default_folders = $arr;
-
-            // add inbox if not included
-            if (!in_array('INBOX', $this->default_folders))
-                array_unshift($this->default_folders, 'INBOX');
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Set internal mailbox reference.
-     *
-     * All operations will be perfomed on this mailbox/folder
-     *
-     * @param  string $mailbox Mailbox/Folder name
-     * @access public
-     */
-    function set_mailbox($mailbox)
-    {
-        if ($this->mailbox == $mailbox)
+        if ($this->folder == $folder) {
             return;
-
-        $this->mailbox = $mailbox;
-
-        // clear messagecount cache for this mailbox
-        $this->_clear_messagecount($mailbox);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Forces selection of a mailbox
-     *
-     * @param  string $mailbox Mailbox/Folder name
-     * @access public
-     */
-    function select_mailbox($mailbox=null)
-    {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
         }
 
-        $selected = $this->conn->select($mailbox);
+        $this->folder = $folder;
 
-        if ($selected && $this->mailbox != $mailbox) {
-            // clear messagecount cache for this mailbox
-            $this->_clear_messagecount($mailbox);
-            $this->mailbox = $mailbox;
-        }
+        // clear messagecount cache for this folder
+        $this->clear_messagecount($folder);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Set internal list page
+     * Save a search result for future message listing methods
      *
-     * @param  number $page Page number to list
-     * @access public
+     * @param  array  $set  Search set, result from rcube_imap::get_search_set():
+     *                      0 - searching criteria, string
+     *                      1 - search result, rcube_result_index|rcube_result_thread
+     *                      2 - searching character set, string
+     *                      3 - sorting field, string
+     *                      4 - true if sorted, bool
      */
-    function set_page($page)
+    public function set_search_set($set)
     {
-        $this->list_page = (int)$page;
-    }
+        $set = (array)$set;
 
-
-    /**
-     * Set internal page size
-     *
-     * @param  number $size Number of messages to display on one page
-     * @access public
-     */
-    function set_pagesize($size)
-    {
-        $this->page_size = (int)$size;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Save a set of message ids for future message listing methods
-     *
-     * @param  string  IMAP Search query
-     * @param  array   List of message ids or NULL if empty
-     * @param  string  Charset of search string
-     * @param  string  Sorting field
-     * @param  string  True if set is sorted (SORT was used for searching)
-     */
-    function set_search_set($str=null, $msgs=null, $charset=null, $sort_field=null, $threads=false, $sorted=false)
-    {
-        if (is_array($str) && $msgs == null)
-            list($str, $msgs, $charset, $sort_field, $threads, $sorted) = $str;
-        if ($msgs === false)
-            $msgs = array();
-        else if ($msgs != null && !is_array($msgs))
-            $msgs = explode(',', $msgs);
-
-        $this->search_string     = $str;
-        $this->search_set        = $msgs;
-        $this->search_charset    = $charset;
-        $this->search_sort_field = $sort_field;
-        $this->search_threads    = $threads;
-        $this->search_sorted     = $sorted;
+        $this->search_string     = $set[0];
+        $this->search_set        = $set[1];
+        $this->search_charset    = $set[2];
+        $this->search_sort_field = $set[3];
+        $this->search_sorted     = $set[4];
+        $this->search_threads    = is_a($this->search_set, 'rcube_result_thread');
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Return the saved search set as hash array
+     *
      * @return array Search set
      */
-    function get_search_set()
+    public function get_search_set()
     {
-        return array($this->search_string,
+        if (empty($this->search_set)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return array(
+            $this->search_string,
 	        $this->search_set,
         	$this->search_charset,
         	$this->search_sort_field,
-        	$this->search_threads,
         	$this->search_sorted,
 	    );
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns the currently used mailbox name
-     *
-     * @return  string Name of the mailbox/folder
-     * @access  public
-     */
-    function get_mailbox_name()
-    {
-        return $this->conn->connected() ? $this->mailbox : '';
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the IMAP server's capability
+     * Returns the IMAP server's capability.
      *
      * @param   string  $cap Capability name
-     * @return  mixed   Capability value or TRUE if supported, FALSE if not
-     * @access  public
-     */
-    function get_capability($cap)
-    {
-        return $this->conn->getCapability(strtoupper($cap));
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets threading flag to the best supported THREAD algorithm
      *
-     * @param  boolean  $enable TRUE to enable and FALSE
-     * @return string   Algorithm or false if THREAD is not supported
-     * @access public
+     * @return  mixed   Capability value or TRUE if supported, FALSE if not
      */
-    function set_threading($enable=false)
+    public function get_capability($cap)
     {
-        $this->threading = false;
+        $cap      = strtoupper($cap);
+        $sess_key = "STORAGE_$cap";
 
-        if ($enable && ($caps = $this->get_capability('THREAD'))) {
-            if (in_array('REFS', $caps))
-                $this->threading = 'REFS';
-            else if (in_array('REFERENCES', $caps))
-                $this->threading = 'REFERENCES';
-            else if (in_array('ORDEREDSUBJECT', $caps))
-                $this->threading = 'ORDEREDSUBJECT';
+        if (!isset($_SESSION[$sess_key])) {
+            if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            $_SESSION[$sess_key] = $this->conn->getCapability($cap);
         }
 
-        return $this->threading;
+        return $_SESSION[$sess_key];
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Checks the PERMANENTFLAGS capability of the current mailbox
+     * Checks the PERMANENTFLAGS capability of the current folder
      * and returns true if the given flag is supported by the IMAP server
      *
      * @param   string  $flag Permanentflag name
+     *
      * @return  boolean True if this flag is supported
-     * @access  public
      */
-    function check_permflag($flag)
+    public function check_permflag($flag)
     {
         $flag = strtoupper($flag);
         $imap_flag = $this->conn->flags[$flag];
+
+        if ($this->folder !== null) {
+            $this->check_connection();
+        }
+        // @TODO: cache permanent flags (?)
+
         return (in_array_nocase($imap_flag, $this->conn->data['PERMANENTFLAGS']));
     }
 
@@ -529,7 +422,7 @@
      * @return  string  Delimiter string
      * @access  public
      */
-    function get_hierarchy_delimiter()
+    public function get_hierarchy_delimiter()
     {
         return $this->delimiter;
     }
@@ -541,9 +434,8 @@
      * @param string $name Namespace array index: personal, other, shared, prefix
      *
      * @return  array  Namespace data
-     * @access  public
      */
-    function get_namespace($name=null)
+    public function get_namespace($name = null)
     {
         $ns = $this->namespace;
 
@@ -558,23 +450,22 @@
 
     /**
      * Sets delimiter and namespaces
-     *
-     * @access private
      */
-    private function set_env()
+    protected function set_env()
     {
         if ($this->delimiter !== null && $this->namespace !== null) {
             return;
         }
 
-        $config = rcmail::get_instance()->config;
+        $config = rcube::get_instance()->config;
         $imap_personal  = $config->get('imap_ns_personal');
         $imap_other     = $config->get('imap_ns_other');
         $imap_shared    = $config->get('imap_ns_shared');
         $imap_delimiter = $config->get('imap_delimiter');
 
-        if (!$this->conn->connected())
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
             return;
+        }
 
         $ns = $this->conn->getNamespace();
 
@@ -627,7 +518,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // Find personal namespace prefix for mod_mailbox()
+        // Find personal namespace prefix for mod_folder()
         // Prefix can be removed when there is only one personal namespace
         if (is_array($this->namespace['personal']) && count($this->namespace['personal']) == 1) {
             $this->namespace['prefix'] = $this->namespace['personal'][0][0];
@@ -639,77 +530,85 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Get message count for a specific mailbox
+     * Get message count for a specific folder
      *
-     * @param  string  $mailbox Mailbox/folder name
+     * @param  string  $folder  Folder name
      * @param  string  $mode    Mode for count [ALL|THREADS|UNSEEN|RECENT]
      * @param  boolean $force   Force reading from server and update cache
      * @param  boolean $status  Enables storing folder status info (max UID/count),
-     *                          required for mailbox_status()
+     *                          required for folder_status()
+     *
      * @return int     Number of messages
-     * @access public
      */
-    function messagecount($mailbox='', $mode='ALL', $force=false, $status=true)
+    public function count($folder='', $mode='ALL', $force=false, $status=true)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
 
-        return $this->_messagecount($mailbox, $mode, $force, $status);
+        return $this->countmessages($folder, $mode, $force, $status);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for getting nr of messages
+     * protected method for getting nr of messages
      *
-     * @param string  $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string  $folder  Folder name
      * @param string  $mode    Mode for count [ALL|THREADS|UNSEEN|RECENT]
      * @param boolean $force   Force reading from server and update cache
      * @param boolean $status  Enables storing folder status info (max UID/count),
-     *                         required for mailbox_status()
+     *                         required for folder_status()
+     *
      * @return int Number of messages
-     * @access  private
-     * @see     rcube_imap::messagecount()
+     * @see rcube_imap::count()
      */
-    private function _messagecount($mailbox, $mode='ALL', $force=false, $status=true)
+    protected function countmessages($folder, $mode='ALL', $force=false, $status=true)
     {
         $mode = strtoupper($mode);
 
         // count search set
-        if ($this->search_string && $mailbox == $this->mailbox && ($mode == 'ALL' || $mode == 'THREADS') && !$force) {
-            if ($this->search_threads)
-                return $mode == 'ALL' ? count((array)$this->search_set['depth']) : count((array)$this->search_set['tree']);
-            else
-                return count((array)$this->search_set);
+        if ($this->search_string && $folder == $this->folder && ($mode == 'ALL' || $mode == 'THREADS') && !$force) {
+            if ($mode == 'ALL') {
+                return $this->search_set->count_messages();
+            }
+            else {
+                return $this->search_set->count();
+            }
         }
 
-        $a_mailbox_cache = $this->get_cache('messagecount');
+        $a_folder_cache = $this->get_cache('messagecount');
 
         // return cached value
-        if (!$force && is_array($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox]) && isset($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode]))
-            return $a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode];
+        if (!$force && is_array($a_folder_cache[$folder]) && isset($a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode])) {
+            return $a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode];
+        }
 
-        if (!is_array($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox]))
-            $a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox] = array();
+        if (!is_array($a_folder_cache[$folder])) {
+            $a_folder_cache[$folder] = array();
+        }
 
         if ($mode == 'THREADS') {
-            $res   = $this->_threadcount($mailbox, $msg_count);
-            $count = $res['count'];
+            $res   = $this->fetch_threads($folder, $force);
+            $count = $res->count();
 
             if ($status) {
-                $this->set_folder_stats($mailbox, 'cnt', $res['msgcount']);
-                $this->set_folder_stats($mailbox, 'maxuid', $res['maxuid'] ? $this->id2uid($res['maxuid'], $mailbox) : 0);
+                $msg_count = $res->count_messages();
+                $this->set_folder_stats($folder, 'cnt', $msg_count);
+                $this->set_folder_stats($folder, 'maxuid', $msg_count ? $this->id2uid($msg_count, $folder) : 0);
             }
+        }
+        // Need connection here
+        else if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return 0;
         }
         // RECENT count is fetched a bit different
         else if ($mode == 'RECENT') {
-            $count = $this->conn->countRecent($mailbox);
+            $count = $this->conn->countRecent($folder);
         }
         // use SEARCH for message counting
-        else if ($this->skip_deleted) {
+        else if (!empty($this->options['skip_deleted'])) {
             $search_str = "ALL UNDELETED";
             $keys       = array('COUNT');
-            $need_uid   = false;
 
             if ($mode == 'UNSEEN') {
                 $search_str .= " UNSEEN";
@@ -720,622 +619,438 @@
                 }
                 if ($status) {
                     $keys[]   = 'MAX';
-                    $need_uid = true;
                 }
             }
 
+            // @TODO: if $force==false && $mode == 'ALL' we could try to use cache index here
+
             // get message count using (E)SEARCH
             // not very performant but more precise (using UNDELETED)
-            $index = $this->conn->search($mailbox, $search_str, $need_uid, $keys);
-
-            $count = is_array($index) ? $index['COUNT'] : 0;
+            $index = $this->conn->search($folder, $search_str, true, $keys);
+            $count = $index->count();
 
             if ($mode == 'ALL') {
-                if ($this->messages_caching) {
-                    // Save additional info required by cache status check
-                    $this->icache['undeleted_idx'] = array($mailbox, $index['ALL'], $index['COUNT']);
-                }
+                // Cache index data, will be used in index_direct()
+                $this->icache['undeleted_idx'] = $index;
+
                 if ($status) {
-                    $this->set_folder_stats($mailbox, 'cnt', $count);
-                    $this->set_folder_stats($mailbox, 'maxuid', is_array($index) ? $index['MAX'] : 0);
+                    $this->set_folder_stats($folder, 'cnt', $count);
+                    $this->set_folder_stats($folder, 'maxuid', $index->max());
                 }
             }
         }
         else {
-            if ($mode == 'UNSEEN')
-                $count = $this->conn->countUnseen($mailbox);
+            if ($mode == 'UNSEEN') {
+                $count = $this->conn->countUnseen($folder);
+            }
             else {
-                $count = $this->conn->countMessages($mailbox);
+                $count = $this->conn->countMessages($folder);
                 if ($status) {
-                    $this->set_folder_stats($mailbox,'cnt', $count);
-                    $this->set_folder_stats($mailbox, 'maxuid', $count ? $this->id2uid($count, $mailbox) : 0);
+                    $this->set_folder_stats($folder,'cnt', $count);
+                    $this->set_folder_stats($folder, 'maxuid', $count ? $this->id2uid($count, $folder) : 0);
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        $a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode] = (int)$count;
+        $a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode] = (int)$count;
 
         // write back to cache
-        $this->update_cache('messagecount', $a_mailbox_cache);
+        $this->update_cache('messagecount', $a_folder_cache);
 
         return (int)$count;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for getting nr of threads
-     *
-     * @param string $mailbox   Folder name
-     *
-     * @returns array Array containing items: 'count' - threads count,
-     *                'msgcount' = messages count, 'maxuid' = max. UID in the set
-     * @access  private
-     */
-    private function _threadcount($mailbox)
-    {
-        $result = array();
-
-        if (!empty($this->icache['threads'])) {
-            $dcount = count($this->icache['threads']['depth']);
-            $result = array(
-                'count'    => count($this->icache['threads']['tree']),
-                'msgcount' => $dcount,
-                'maxuid'   => $dcount ? max(array_keys($this->icache['threads']['depth'])) : 0,
-            );
-        }
-        else if (is_array($result = $this->fetch_threads($mailbox))) {
-            $dcount = count($result[1]);
-            $result = array(
-                'count'    => count($result[0]),
-                'msgcount' => $dcount,
-                'maxuid'   => $dcount ? max(array_keys($result[1])) : 0,
-            );
-        }
-
-        return $result;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
      * Public method for listing headers
-     * convert mailbox name with root dir first
      *
-     * @param   string   $mailbox    Mailbox/folder name
+     * @param   string   $folder     Folder name
      * @param   int      $page       Current page to list
      * @param   string   $sort_field Header field to sort by
      * @param   string   $sort_order Sort order [ASC|DESC]
      * @param   int      $slice      Number of slice items to extract from result array
+     *
      * @return  array    Indexed array with message header objects
-     * @access  public
      */
-    function list_headers($mailbox='', $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
+    public function list_messages($folder='', $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
 
-        return $this->_list_headers($mailbox, $page, $sort_field, $sort_order, $slice);
+        return $this->_list_messages($folder, $page, $sort_field, $sort_order, $slice);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for listing message headers
+     * protected method for listing message headers
      *
-     * @param   string   $mailbox    Mailbox name
+     * @param   string   $folder     Folder name
      * @param   int      $page       Current page to list
      * @param   string   $sort_field Header field to sort by
      * @param   string   $sort_order Sort order [ASC|DESC]
      * @param   int      $slice      Number of slice items to extract from result array
      *
      * @return  array    Indexed array with message header objects
-     * @see     rcube_imap::list_headers
+     * @see     rcube_imap::list_messages
      */
-    private function _list_headers($mailbox='', $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
+    protected function _list_messages($folder='', $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox))
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
             return array();
+        }
 
-        // use saved message set
-        if ($this->search_string && $mailbox == $this->mailbox)
-            return $this->_list_header_set($mailbox, $page, $sort_field, $sort_order, $slice);
-
-        if ($this->threading)
-            return $this->_list_thread_headers($mailbox, $page, $sort_field, $sort_order, $slice);
-
-        $this->_set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
-
+        $this->set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
         $page = $page ? $page : $this->list_page;
 
-        // Use messages cache
-        if ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()) {
-            $msg_index = $mcache->get_index($mailbox, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
-
-            if (empty($msg_index))
-                return array();
-
-            $from      = ($page-1) * $this->page_size;
-            $to        = $from + $this->page_size;
-            $msg_index = array_values($msg_index); // UIDs
-            $is_uid    = true;
-            $sorted    = true;
-
-            if ($from || $to)
-                $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, $from, $to - $from);
-
-            if ($slice)
-                $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, -$slice, $slice);
-
-            $a_msg_headers = $mcache->get_messages($mailbox, $msg_index);
-        }
-        // retrieve headers from IMAP
-        // use message index sort as default sorting (for better performance)
-        else if (!$this->sort_field) {
-            if ($this->skip_deleted) {
-                // @TODO: this could be cached
-                if ($msg_index = $this->_search_index($mailbox, 'ALL UNDELETED')) {
-                    list($begin, $end) = $this->_get_message_range(count($msg_index), $page);
-                    $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, $begin, $end-$begin);
-                }
-            }
-            else if ($max = $this->conn->countMessages($mailbox)) {
-                list($begin, $end) = $this->_get_message_range($max, $page);
-                $msg_index = range($begin+1, $end);
-            }
-            else
-                $msg_index = array();
-
-            if ($slice && $msg_index)
-                $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, ($this->sort_order == 'DESC' ? 0 : -$slice), $slice);
-
-            // fetch reqested headers from server
-            if ($msg_index)
-                $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $msg_index);
-        }
-        // use SORT command
-        else if ($this->get_capability('SORT') &&
-            // Courier-IMAP provides SORT capability but allows to disable it by admin (#1486959)
-            ($msg_index = $this->conn->sort($mailbox, $this->sort_field,
-                $this->skip_deleted ? 'UNDELETED' : '', true)) !== false
-        ) {
-            if (!empty($msg_index)) {
-                list($begin, $end) = $this->_get_message_range(count($msg_index), $page);
-                $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, $begin, $end-$begin);
-                $is_uid    = true;
-
-                if ($slice)
-                    $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, ($this->sort_order == 'DESC' ? 0 : -$slice), $slice);
-
-                // fetch reqested headers from server
-                $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $msg_index, true);
-            }
-        }
-        // fetch specified header for all messages and sort
-        else if ($msg_index = $this->conn->fetchHeaderIndex($mailbox, "1:*",
-            $this->sort_field, $this->skip_deleted)
-        ) {
-            asort($msg_index); // ASC
-            $msg_index = array_keys($msg_index);
-            list($begin, $end) = $this->_get_message_range(count($msg_index), $page);
-            $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, $begin, $end-$begin);
-            $is_uid    = true;
-
-            if ($slice)
-                $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, ($this->sort_order == 'DESC' ? 0 : -$slice), $slice);
-
-            // fetch reqested headers from server
-            $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $msg_index);
+        // use saved message set
+        if ($this->search_string && $folder == $this->folder) {
+            return $this->list_search_messages($folder, $page, $slice);
         }
 
-        // return empty array if no messages found
-        if (!is_array($a_msg_headers) || empty($a_msg_headers))
+        if ($this->threading) {
+            return $this->list_thread_messages($folder, $page, $slice);
+        }
+
+        // get UIDs of all messages in the folder, sorted
+        $index = $this->index($folder, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
+
+        if ($index->is_empty()) {
             return array();
+        }
 
-        // use this class for message sorting
-        $sorter = new rcube_header_sorter();
-        $sorter->set_index($msg_index, $is_uid);
-        $sorter->sort_headers($a_msg_headers);
+        $from = ($page-1) * $this->page_size;
+        $to   = $from + $this->page_size;
 
-        if ($this->sort_order == 'DESC' && !$sorted)
-            $a_msg_headers = array_reverse($a_msg_headers);
+        $index->slice($from, $to - $from);
+
+        if ($slice) {
+            $index->slice(-$slice, $slice);
+        }
+
+        // fetch reqested messages headers
+        $a_index = $index->get();
+        $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($folder, $a_index);
 
         return array_values($a_msg_headers);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for listing message headers using threads
+     * protected method for listing message headers using threads
      *
-     * @param   string   $mailbox    Mailbox/folder name
+     * @param   string   $folder     Folder name
      * @param   int      $page       Current page to list
-     * @param   string   $sort_field Header field to sort by
-     * @param   string   $sort_order Sort order [ASC|DESC]
      * @param   int      $slice      Number of slice items to extract from result array
      *
      * @return  array    Indexed array with message header objects
-     * @see     rcube_imap::list_headers
+     * @see     rcube_imap::list_messages
      */
-    private function _list_thread_headers($mailbox, $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
+    protected function list_thread_messages($folder, $page, $slice=0)
     {
-        $this->_set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
-
-        $page   = $page ? $page : $this->list_page;
-        $mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine();
-
         // get all threads (not sorted)
-        if ($mcache)
-            list ($thread_tree, $msg_depth, $has_children) = $mcache->get_thread($mailbox);
-        else
-            list ($thread_tree, $msg_depth, $has_children) = $this->fetch_threads($mailbox);
+        if ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()) {
+            $threads = $mcache->get_thread($folder);
+        }
+        else {
+            $threads = $this->fetch_threads($folder);
+        }
 
-        if (empty($thread_tree))
-            return array();
-
-        $msg_index = $this->sort_threads($mailbox, $thread_tree);
-
-        return $this->_fetch_thread_headers($mailbox,
-            $thread_tree, $msg_depth, $has_children, $msg_index, $page, $slice);
+        return $this->fetch_thread_headers($folder, $threads, $page, $slice);
     }
-
 
     /**
      * Method for fetching threads data
      *
-     * @param  string $mailbox  Folder name
-     * @param  bool   $force    Use IMAP server, no cache
+     * @param  string $folder  Folder name
+     * @param  bool   $force   Use IMAP server, no cache
      *
-     * @return  array    Array with thread data
+     * @return rcube_imap_thread Thread data object
      */
-    function fetch_threads($mailbox, $force = false)
+    function fetch_threads($folder, $force = false)
     {
         if (!$force && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine())) {
             // don't store in self's internal cache, cache has it's own internal cache
-            return $mcache->get_thread($mailbox);
+            return $mcache->get_thread($folder);
         }
 
         if (empty($this->icache['threads'])) {
+            if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+                return new rcube_result_thread();
+            }
+
             // get all threads
-            $result = $this->conn->thread($mailbox, $this->threading,
-                $this->skip_deleted ? 'UNDELETED' : '');
+            $result = $this->conn->thread($folder, $this->threading,
+                $this->options['skip_deleted'] ? 'UNDELETED' : '', true);
 
             // add to internal (fast) cache
-            $this->icache['threads'] = array();
-            $this->icache['threads']['tree'] = is_array($result) ? $result[0] : array();
-            $this->icache['threads']['depth'] = is_array($result) ? $result[1] : array();
-            $this->icache['threads']['has_children'] = is_array($result) ? $result[2] : array();
+            $this->icache['threads'] = $result;
         }
 
-        return array(
-            $this->icache['threads']['tree'],
-            $this->icache['threads']['depth'],
-            $this->icache['threads']['has_children'],
-        );
+        return $this->icache['threads'];
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for fetching threaded messages headers
+     * protected method for fetching threaded messages headers
      *
-     * @param string  $mailbox      Mailbox name
-     * @param array   $thread_tree  Thread tree data
-     * @param array   $msg_depth    Thread depth data
-     * @param array   $has_children Thread children data
-     * @param array   $msg_index    Messages index
-     * @param int     $page         List page number
-     * @param int     $slice        Number of threads to slice
+     * @param string              $folder     Folder name
+     * @param rcube_result_thread $threads    Threads data object
+     * @param int                 $page       List page number
+     * @param int                 $slice      Number of threads to slice
      *
      * @return array  Messages headers
-     * @access  private
      */
-    private function _fetch_thread_headers($mailbox, $thread_tree, $msg_depth, $has_children, $msg_index, $page, $slice=0)
+    protected function fetch_thread_headers($folder, $threads, $page, $slice=0)
     {
-        // now get IDs for current page
-        list($begin, $end) = $this->_get_message_range(count($msg_index), $page);
-        $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, $begin, $end-$begin);
+        // Sort thread structure
+        $this->sort_threads($threads);
 
-        if ($slice)
-            $msg_index = array_slice($msg_index, ($this->sort_order == 'DESC' ? 0 : -$slice), $slice);
+        $from = ($page-1) * $this->page_size;
+        $to   = $from + $this->page_size;
 
-        if ($this->sort_order == 'DESC')
-            $msg_index = array_reverse($msg_index);
+        $threads->slice($from, $to - $from);
 
-        // flatten threads array
-        // @TODO: fetch children only in expanded mode (?)
-        $all_ids = array();
-        foreach ($msg_index as $root) {
-            $all_ids[] = $root;
-            if (!empty($thread_tree[$root]))
-                $all_ids = array_merge($all_ids, array_keys_recursive($thread_tree[$root]));
+        if ($slice) {
+            $threads->slice(-$slice, $slice);
         }
 
+        // Get UIDs of all messages in all threads
+        $a_index = $threads->get();
+
         // fetch reqested headers from server
-        $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $all_ids);
+        $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($folder, $a_index);
 
-        // return empty array if no messages found
-        if (!is_array($a_msg_headers) || empty($a_msg_headers))
-            return array();
-
-        // use this class for message sorting
-        $sorter = new rcube_header_sorter();
-        $sorter->set_index($all_ids);
-        $sorter->sort_headers($a_msg_headers);
+        unset($a_index);
 
         // Set depth, has_children and unread_children fields in headers
-        $this->_set_thread_flags($a_msg_headers, $msg_depth, $has_children);
+        $this->set_thread_flags($a_msg_headers, $threads);
 
         return array_values($a_msg_headers);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for setting threaded messages flags:
+     * protected method for setting threaded messages flags:
      * depth, has_children and unread_children
      *
-     * @param  array  $headers      Reference to headers array indexed by message ID
-     * @param  array  $msg_depth    Array of messages depth indexed by message ID
-     * @param  array  $msg_children Array of messages children flags indexed by message ID
-     * @return array   Message headers array indexed by message ID
-     * @access private
+     * @param  array               $headers  Reference to headers array indexed by message UID
+     * @param  rcube_result_thread $threads  Threads data object
+     *
+     * @return array Message headers array indexed by message UID
      */
-    private function _set_thread_flags(&$headers, $msg_depth, $msg_children)
+    protected function set_thread_flags(&$headers, $threads)
     {
         $parents = array();
 
-        foreach ($headers as $idx => $header) {
-            $id = $header->id;
-            $depth = $msg_depth[$id];
+        list ($msg_depth, $msg_children) = $threads->get_thread_data();
+
+        foreach ($headers as $uid => $header) {
+            $depth = $msg_depth[$uid];
             $parents = array_slice($parents, 0, $depth);
 
             if (!empty($parents)) {
-                $headers[$idx]->parent_uid = end($parents);
+                $headers[$uid]->parent_uid = end($parents);
                 if (empty($header->flags['SEEN']))
                     $headers[$parents[0]]->unread_children++;
             }
-            array_push($parents, $header->uid);
+            array_push($parents, $uid);
 
-            $headers[$idx]->depth = $depth;
-            $headers[$idx]->has_children = $msg_children[$id];
+            $headers[$uid]->depth = $depth;
+            $headers[$uid]->has_children = $msg_children[$uid];
         }
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for listing a set of message headers (search results)
+     * protected method for listing a set of message headers (search results)
      *
-     * @param   string   $mailbox    Mailbox/folder name
-     * @param   int      $page       Current page to list
-     * @param   string   $sort_field Header field to sort by
-     * @param   string   $sort_order Sort order [ASC|DESC]
-     * @param   int  $slice      Number of slice items to extract from result array
+     * @param   string   $folder   Folder name
+     * @param   int      $page     Current page to list
+     * @param   int      $slice    Number of slice items to extract from result array
+     *
      * @return  array    Indexed array with message header objects
-     * @access  private
-     * @see     rcube_imap::list_header_set()
      */
-    private function _list_header_set($mailbox, $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
+    protected function list_search_messages($folder, $page, $slice=0)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox) || empty($this->search_set))
+        if (!strlen($folder) || empty($this->search_set) || $this->search_set->is_empty()) {
             return array();
+        }
 
         // use saved messages from searching
-        if ($this->threading)
-            return $this->_list_thread_header_set($mailbox, $page, $sort_field, $sort_order, $slice);
+        if ($this->threading) {
+            return $this->list_search_thread_messages($folder, $page, $slice);
+        }
 
         // search set is threaded, we need a new one
         if ($this->search_threads) {
-            if (empty($this->search_set['tree']))
-                return array();
-            $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $sort_field);
+            $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->sort_field);
         }
 
-        $msgs = $this->search_set;
-        $a_msg_headers = array();
-        $page = $page ? $page : $this->list_page;
-        $start_msg = ($page-1) * $this->page_size;
+        $index = clone $this->search_set;
+        $from  = ($page-1) * $this->page_size;
+        $to    = $from + $this->page_size;
 
-        $this->_set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
+        // return empty array if no messages found
+        if ($index->is_empty()) {
+            return array();
+        }
 
         // quickest method (default sorting)
         if (!$this->search_sort_field && !$this->sort_field) {
-            if ($sort_order == 'DESC')
-                $msgs = array_reverse($msgs);
+            $got_index = true;
+        }
+        // sorted messages, so we can first slice array and then fetch only wanted headers
+        else if ($this->search_sorted) { // SORT searching result
+            $got_index = true;
+            // reset search set if sorting field has been changed
+            if ($this->sort_field && $this->search_sort_field != $this->sort_field) {
+                $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->sort_field);
+
+                $index = clone $this->search_set;
+
+                // return empty array if no messages found
+                if ($index->is_empty()) {
+                    return array();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($got_index) {
+            if ($this->sort_order != $index->get_parameters('ORDER')) {
+                $index->revert();
+            }
 
             // get messages uids for one page
-            $msgs = array_slice(array_values($msgs), $start_msg, min(count($msgs)-$start_msg, $this->page_size));
+            $index->slice($from, $to-$from);
 
-            if ($slice)
-                $msgs = array_slice($msgs, -$slice, $slice);
+            if ($slice) {
+                $index->slice(-$slice, $slice);
+            }
 
             // fetch headers
-            $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $msgs);
-
-            // I didn't found in RFC that FETCH always returns messages sorted by index
-            $sorter = new rcube_header_sorter();
-            $sorter->set_index($msgs);
-            $sorter->sort_headers($a_msg_headers);
+            $a_index       = $index->get();
+            $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($folder, $a_index);
 
             return array_values($a_msg_headers);
         }
 
-        // sorted messages, so we can first slice array and then fetch only wanted headers
-        if ($this->search_sorted) { // SORT searching result
-            // reset search set if sorting field has been changed
-            if ($this->sort_field && $this->search_sort_field != $this->sort_field)
-                $msgs = $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->sort_field);
+        // SEARCH result, need sorting
+        $cnt = $index->count();
+
+        // 300: experimantal value for best result
+        if (($cnt > 300 && $cnt > $this->page_size) || !$this->sort_field) {
+            // use memory less expensive (and quick) method for big result set
+            $index = clone $this->index('', $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
+            // get messages uids for one page...
+            $index->slice($start_msg, min($cnt-$from, $this->page_size));
+
+            if ($slice) {
+                $index->slice(-$slice, $slice);
+            }
+
+            // ...and fetch headers
+            $a_index       = $index->get();
+            $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($folder, $a_index);
+
+            return array_values($a_msg_headers);
+        }
+        else {
+            // for small result set we can fetch all messages headers
+            $a_index       = $index->get();
+            $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($folder, $a_index, false);
 
             // return empty array if no messages found
-            if (empty($msgs))
+            if (!is_array($a_msg_headers) || empty($a_msg_headers)) {
                 return array();
-
-            if ($sort_order == 'DESC')
-                $msgs = array_reverse($msgs);
-
-            // get messages uids for one page
-            $msgs = array_slice(array_values($msgs), $start_msg, min(count($msgs)-$start_msg, $this->page_size));
-
-            if ($slice)
-                $msgs = array_slice($msgs, -$slice, $slice);
-
-            // fetch headers
-            $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $msgs);
-
-            $sorter = new rcube_header_sorter();
-            $sorter->set_index($msgs);
-            $sorter->sort_headers($a_msg_headers);
-
-            return array_values($a_msg_headers);
-        }
-        else { // SEARCH result, need sorting
-            $cnt = count($msgs);
-            // 300: experimantal value for best result
-            if (($cnt > 300 && $cnt > $this->page_size) || !$this->sort_field) {
-                // use memory less expensive (and quick) method for big result set
-                $a_index = $this->message_index('', $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
-                // get messages uids for one page...
-                $msgs = array_slice($a_index, $start_msg, min($cnt-$start_msg, $this->page_size));
-                if ($slice)
-                    $msgs = array_slice($msgs, -$slice, $slice);
-                // ...and fetch headers
-                $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $msgs);
-
-
-                // return empty array if no messages found
-                if (!is_array($a_msg_headers) || empty($a_msg_headers))
-                    return array();
-
-                $sorter = new rcube_header_sorter();
-                $sorter->set_index($msgs);
-                $sorter->sort_headers($a_msg_headers);
-
-                return array_values($a_msg_headers);
             }
-            else {
-                // for small result set we can fetch all messages headers
-                $a_msg_headers = $this->fetch_headers($mailbox, $msgs);
 
-                // return empty array if no messages found
-                if (!is_array($a_msg_headers) || empty($a_msg_headers))
-                    return array();
-
-                // if not already sorted
-                $a_msg_headers = $this->conn->sortHeaders(
-                    $a_msg_headers, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
-
-                // only return the requested part of the set
-                $a_msg_headers = array_slice(array_values($a_msg_headers),
-                    $start_msg, min($cnt-$start_msg, $this->page_size));
-
-                if ($slice)
-                    $a_msg_headers = array_slice($a_msg_headers, -$slice, $slice);
-
-                return $a_msg_headers;
+            if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+                return array();
             }
+
+            // if not already sorted
+            $a_msg_headers = $this->conn->sortHeaders(
+                $a_msg_headers, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
+
+            // only return the requested part of the set
+            $a_msg_headers = array_slice(array_values($a_msg_headers),
+                $from, min($cnt-$to, $this->page_size));
+
+            if ($slice) {
+                $a_msg_headers = array_slice($a_msg_headers, -$slice, $slice);
+            }
+
+            return $a_msg_headers;
         }
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private method for listing a set of threaded message headers (search results)
+     * protected method for listing a set of threaded message headers (search results)
      *
-     * @param   string   $mailbox    Mailbox/folder name
+     * @param   string   $folder     Folder name
      * @param   int      $page       Current page to list
-     * @param   string   $sort_field Header field to sort by
-     * @param   string   $sort_order Sort order [ASC|DESC]
      * @param   int      $slice      Number of slice items to extract from result array
+     *
      * @return  array    Indexed array with message header objects
-     * @access  private
-     * @see     rcube_imap::list_header_set()
+     * @see rcube_imap::list_search_messages()
      */
-    private function _list_thread_header_set($mailbox, $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
+    protected function list_search_thread_messages($folder, $page, $slice=0)
     {
         // update search_set if previous data was fetched with disabled threading
         if (!$this->search_threads) {
-            if (empty($this->search_set))
+            if ($this->search_set->is_empty()) {
                 return array();
-            $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $sort_field);
+            }
+            $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->sort_field);
         }
 
-        // empty result
-        if (empty($this->search_set['tree']))
-            return array();
-
-        $thread_tree = $this->search_set['tree'];
-        $msg_depth = $this->search_set['depth'];
-        $has_children = $this->search_set['children'];
-        $a_msg_headers = array();
-
-        $page = $page ? $page : $this->list_page;
-        $start_msg = ($page-1) * $this->page_size;
-
-        $this->_set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
-
-        $msg_index = $this->sort_threads($mailbox, $thread_tree, array_keys($msg_depth));
-
-        return $this->_fetch_thread_headers($mailbox,
-            $thread_tree, $msg_depth, $has_children, $msg_index, $page, $slice=0);
+        return $this->fetch_thread_headers($folder, clone $this->search_set, $page, $slice);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Helper function to get first and last index of the requested set
+     * Fetches messages headers (by UID)
      *
-     * @param  int     $max  Messages count
-     * @param  mixed   $page Page number to show, or string 'all'
-     * @return array   Array with two values: first index, last index
-     * @access private
-     */
-    private function _get_message_range($max, $page)
-    {
-        $start_msg = ($page-1) * $this->page_size;
-
-        if ($page=='all') {
-            $begin  = 0;
-            $end    = $max;
-        }
-        else if ($this->sort_order=='DESC') {
-            $begin  = $max - $this->page_size - $start_msg;
-            $end    = $max - $start_msg;
-        }
-        else {
-            $begin  = $start_msg;
-            $end    = $start_msg + $this->page_size;
-        }
-
-        if ($begin < 0) $begin = 0;
-        if ($end < 0) $end = $max;
-        if ($end > $max) $end = $max;
-
-        return array($begin, $end);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Fetches messages headers
-     *
-     * @param  string  $mailbox  Mailbox name
-     * @param  array   $msgs     Messages sequence numbers
-     * @param  bool    $is_uid   Enable if $msgs numbers are UIDs
+     * @param  string  $folder   Folder name
+     * @param  array   $msgs     Message UIDs
+     * @param  bool    $sort     Enables result sorting by $msgs
      * @param  bool    $force    Disables cache use
      *
      * @return array Messages headers indexed by UID
-     * @access private
      */
-    function fetch_headers($mailbox, $msgs, $is_uid = false, $force = false)
+    function fetch_headers($folder, $msgs, $sort = true, $force = false)
     {
-        if (empty($msgs))
+        if (empty($msgs)) {
             return array();
-
-        if (!$force && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine())) {
-            return $mcache->get_messages($mailbox, $msgs, $is_uid);
         }
 
-        // fetch reqested headers from server
-        $index = $this->conn->fetchHeaders(
-            $mailbox, $msgs, $is_uid, false, $this->get_fetch_headers());
-
-        if (empty($index))
+        if (!$force && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine())) {
+            $headers = $mcache->get_messages($folder, $msgs);
+        }
+        else if (!$this->check_connection()) {
             return array();
+        }
+        else {
+            // fetch reqested headers from server
+            $headers = $this->conn->fetchHeaders(
+                $folder, $msgs, true, false, $this->get_fetch_headers());
+        }
 
-        foreach ($index as $headers) {
-            $a_msg_headers[$headers->uid] = $headers;
+        if (empty($headers)) {
+            return array();
+        }
+
+        foreach ($headers as $h) {
+            $a_msg_headers[$h->uid] = $h;
+        }
+
+        if ($sort) {
+            // use this class for message sorting
+            $sorter = new rcube_message_header_sorter();
+            $sorter->set_index($msgs);
+            $sorter->sort_headers($a_msg_headers);
         }
 
         return $a_msg_headers;
@@ -1343,33 +1058,41 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns current status of mailbox
+     * Returns current status of folder
      *
      * We compare the maximum UID to determine the number of
      * new messages because the RECENT flag is not reliable.
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox/folder name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
+     *
      * @return int   Folder status
      */
-    function mailbox_status($mailbox = null)
+    public function folder_status($folder = null)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
-        $old = $this->get_folder_stats($mailbox);
+        $old = $this->get_folder_stats($folder);
 
         // refresh message count -> will update
-        $this->_messagecount($mailbox, 'ALL', true);
+        $this->countmessages($folder, 'ALL', true);
 
         $result = 0;
-        $new = $this->get_folder_stats($mailbox);
+
+        if (empty($old)) {
+            return $result;
+        }
+
+        $new = $this->get_folder_stats($folder);
 
         // got new messages
-        if ($new['maxuid'] > $old['maxuid'])
+        if ($new['maxuid'] > $old['maxuid']) {
             $result += 1;
+        }
         // some messages has been deleted
-        if ($new['cnt'] < $old['cnt'])
+        if ($new['cnt'] < $old['cnt']) {
             $result += 2;
+        }
 
         // @TODO: optional checking for messages flags changes (?)
         // @TODO: UIDVALIDITY checking
@@ -1382,362 +1105,337 @@
      * Stores folder statistic data in session
      * @TODO: move to separate DB table (cache?)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name
      * @param string $name    Data name
      * @param mixed  $data    Data value
      */
-    private function set_folder_stats($mailbox, $name, $data)
+    protected function set_folder_stats($folder, $name, $data)
     {
-        $_SESSION['folders'][$mailbox][$name] = $data;
+        $_SESSION['folders'][$folder][$name] = $data;
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Gets folder statistic data
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
      * @return array Stats data
      */
-    private function get_folder_stats($mailbox)
+    protected function get_folder_stats($folder)
     {
-        if ($_SESSION['folders'][$mailbox])
-            return (array) $_SESSION['folders'][$mailbox];
-        else
-            return array();
+        if ($_SESSION['folders'][$folder]) {
+            return (array) $_SESSION['folders'][$folder];
+        }
+
+        return array();
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Return sorted array of message IDs (not UIDs)
+     * Return sorted list of message UIDs
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox    Mailbox to get index from
+     * @param string $folder     Folder to get index from
      * @param string $sort_field Sort column
      * @param string $sort_order Sort order [ASC, DESC]
-     * @return array Indexed array with message IDs
+     *
+     * @return rcube_result_index|rcube_result_thread List of messages (UIDs)
      */
-    function message_index($mailbox='', $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL)
+    public function index($folder = '', $sort_field = NULL, $sort_order = NULL)
     {
-        if ($this->threading)
-            return $this->thread_index($mailbox, $sort_field, $sort_order);
-
-        $this->_set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
-
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if ($this->threading) {
+            return $this->thread_index($folder, $sort_field, $sort_order);
         }
-        $key = "{$mailbox}:{$this->sort_field}:{$this->sort_order}:{$this->search_string}.msgi";
+
+        $this->set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
+
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
+        }
 
         // we have a saved search result, get index from there
-        if (!isset($this->icache[$key]) && $this->search_string
-            && !$this->search_threads && $mailbox == $this->mailbox) {
-            // use message index sort as default sorting
-            if (!$this->sort_field) {
-                $msgs = $this->search_set;
-
-                if ($this->search_sort_field != 'date')
-                    sort($msgs);
-
-                if ($this->sort_order == 'DESC')
-                    $this->icache[$key] = array_reverse($msgs);
-                else
-                    $this->icache[$key] = $msgs;
+        if ($this->search_string) {
+            if ($this->search_threads) {
+                $this->search($folder, $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->sort_field);
             }
-            // sort with SORT command
-            else if ($this->search_sorted) {
-                if ($this->sort_field && $this->search_sort_field != $this->sort_field)
-                    $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->sort_field);
 
-                if ($this->sort_order == 'DESC')
-                    $this->icache[$key] = array_reverse($this->search_set);
-                else
-                    $this->icache[$key] = $this->search_set;
+            // use message index sort as default sorting
+            if (!$this->sort_field || $this->search_sorted) {
+                if ($this->sort_field && $this->search_sort_field != $this->sort_field) {
+                    $this->search($folder, $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->sort_field);
+                }
+                $index = $this->search_set;
+            }
+            else if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+                return new rcube_result_index();
             }
             else {
-                $a_index = $this->conn->fetchHeaderIndex($mailbox,
-                    join(',', $this->search_set), $this->sort_field, $this->skip_deleted);
-
-                if (is_array($a_index)) {
-                    if ($this->sort_order=="ASC")
-                        asort($a_index);
-                    else if ($this->sort_order=="DESC")
-                        arsort($a_index);
-
-                    $this->icache[$key] = array_keys($a_index);
-                }
-                else {
-                    $this->icache[$key] = array();
-                }
+                $index = $this->conn->index($folder, $this->search_set->get(),
+                    $this->sort_field, $this->options['skip_deleted'], true, true);
             }
-        }
 
-        // have stored it in RAM
-        if (isset($this->icache[$key]))
-            return $this->icache[$key];
+            if ($this->sort_order != $index->get_parameters('ORDER')) {
+                $index->revert();
+            }
+
+            return $index;
+        }
 
         // check local cache
         if ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()) {
-            $a_index = $mcache->get_index($mailbox, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
-            $this->icache[$key] = array_keys($a_index);
+            $index = $mcache->get_index($folder, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
         }
         // fetch from IMAP server
         else {
-            $this->icache[$key] = $this->message_index_direct(
-                $mailbox, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
+            $index = $this->index_direct(
+                $folder, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order);
         }
 
-        return $this->icache[$key];
+        return $index;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Return sorted array of message IDs (not UIDs) directly from IMAP server.
-     * Doesn't use cache and ignores current search settings.
+     * Return sorted list of message UIDs ignoring current search settings.
+     * Doesn't uses cache by default.
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox    Mailbox to get index from
+     * @param string $folder     Folder to get index from
      * @param string $sort_field Sort column
      * @param string $sort_order Sort order [ASC, DESC]
+     * @param bool   $skip_cache Disables cache usage
      *
-     * @return array Indexed array with message IDs
+     * @return rcube_result_index Sorted list of message UIDs
      */
-    function message_index_direct($mailbox, $sort_field = null, $sort_order = null)
+    public function index_direct($folder, $sort_field = null, $sort_order = null, $skip_cache = true)
     {
+        if (!$skip_cache && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine())) {
+            $index = $mcache->get_index($folder, $sort_field, $sort_order);
+        }
         // use message index sort as default sorting
-        if (!$sort_field) {
-            if ($this->skip_deleted) {
-                $a_index = $this->conn->search($mailbox, 'ALL UNDELETED');
-                // I didn't found that SEARCH should return sorted IDs
-                if (is_array($a_index))
-                    sort($a_index);
-            } else if ($max = $this->_messagecount($mailbox)) {
-                $a_index = range(1, $max);
+        else if (!$sort_field) {
+            if ($this->options['skip_deleted'] && !empty($this->icache['undeleted_idx'])
+                && $this->icache['undeleted_idx']->get_parameters('MAILBOX') == $folder
+            ) {
+                $index = $this->icache['undeleted_idx'];
             }
-
-            if ($a_index !== false && $sort_order == 'DESC')
-                $a_index = array_reverse($a_index);
+            else if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+                return new rcube_result_index();
+            }
+            else {
+                $index = $this->conn->search($folder,
+                    'ALL' .($this->options['skip_deleted'] ? ' UNDELETED' : ''), true);
+            }
+        }
+        else if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return new rcube_result_index();
         }
         // fetch complete message index
-        else if ($this->get_capability('SORT') &&
-            ($a_index = $this->conn->sort($mailbox,
-                $sort_field, $this->skip_deleted ? 'UNDELETED' : '')) !== false
-        ) {
-            if ($sort_order == 'DESC')
-                $a_index = array_reverse($a_index);
-        }
-        else if ($a_index = $this->conn->fetchHeaderIndex(
-            $mailbox, "1:*", $sort_field, $skip_deleted)) {
-            if ($sort_order=="ASC")
-                asort($a_index);
-            else if ($sort_order=="DESC")
-                arsort($a_index);
+        else {
+            if ($this->get_capability('SORT')) {
+                $index = $this->conn->sort($folder, $sort_field,
+                    $this->options['skip_deleted'] ? 'UNDELETED' : '', true);
+            }
 
-            $a_index = array_keys($a_index);
-        }
-
-        return $a_index !== false ? $a_index : array();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Return sorted array of threaded message IDs (not UIDs)
-     *
-     * @param string $mailbox    Mailbox to get index from
-     * @param string $sort_field Sort column
-     * @param string $sort_order Sort order [ASC, DESC]
-     * @return array Indexed array with message IDs
-     */
-    function thread_index($mailbox='', $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL)
-    {
-        $this->_set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
-
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
-        }
-        $key = "{$mailbox}:{$this->sort_field}:{$this->sort_order}:{$this->search_string}.thi";
-
-        // we have a saved search result, get index from there
-        if (!isset($this->icache[$key]) && $this->search_string
-            && $this->search_threads && $mailbox == $this->mailbox) {
-            // use message IDs for better performance
-            $ids = array_keys_recursive($this->search_set['tree']);
-            $this->icache[$key] = $this->_flatten_threads($mailbox, $this->search_set['tree'], $ids);
-        }
-
-        // have stored it in RAM
-        if (isset($this->icache[$key]))
-            return $this->icache[$key];
-
-        // get all threads (default sort order)
-        list ($thread_tree) = $this->fetch_threads($mailbox);
-
-        $this->icache[$key] = $this->_flatten_threads($mailbox, $thread_tree);
-
-        return $this->icache[$key];
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Return array of threaded messages (all, not only roots)
-     *
-     * @param string $mailbox     Mailbox to get index from
-     * @param array  $thread_tree Threaded messages array (see fetch_threads())
-     * @param array  $ids         Message IDs if we know what we need (e.g. search result)
-     *                            for better performance
-     * @return array Indexed array with message IDs
-     *
-     * @access private
-     */
-    private function _flatten_threads($mailbox, $thread_tree, $ids=null)
-    {
-        if (empty($thread_tree))
-            return array();
-
-        $msg_index = $this->sort_threads($mailbox, $thread_tree, $ids);
-
-        if ($this->sort_order == 'DESC')
-            $msg_index = array_reverse($msg_index);
-
-        // flatten threads array
-        $all_ids = array();
-        foreach ($msg_index as $root) {
-            $all_ids[] = $root;
-            if (!empty($thread_tree[$root])) {
-                foreach (array_keys_recursive($thread_tree[$root]) as $val)
-                    $all_ids[] = $val;
+            if (empty($index) || $index->is_error()) {
+                $index = $this->conn->index($folder, "1:*", $sort_field,
+                    $this->options['skip_deleted'], false, true);
             }
         }
 
-        return $all_ids;
+        if ($sort_order != $index->get_parameters('ORDER')) {
+            $index->revert();
+        }
+
+        return $index;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return index of threaded message UIDs
+     *
+     * @param string $folder     Folder to get index from
+     * @param string $sort_field Sort column
+     * @param string $sort_order Sort order [ASC, DESC]
+     *
+     * @return rcube_result_thread Message UIDs
+     */
+    public function thread_index($folder='', $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL)
+    {
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
+        }
+
+        // we have a saved search result, get index from there
+        if ($this->search_string && $this->search_threads && $folder == $this->folder) {
+            $threads = $this->search_set;
+        }
+        else {
+            // get all threads (default sort order)
+            $threads = $this->fetch_threads($folder);
+        }
+
+        $this->set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order);
+        $this->sort_threads($threads);
+
+        return $threads;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Sort threaded result, using THREAD=REFS method
+     *
+     * @param rcube_result_thread $threads  Threads result set
+     */
+    protected function sort_threads($threads)
+    {
+        if ($threads->is_empty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT: sorting by sent date of root message
+        // THREAD=REFERENCES:     sorting by sent date of root message
+        // THREAD=REFS:           sorting by the most recent date in each thread
+
+        if ($this->sort_field && ($this->sort_field != 'date' || $this->get_capability('THREAD') != 'REFS')) {
+            $index = $this->index_direct($this->folder, $this->sort_field, $this->sort_order, false);
+
+            if (!$index->is_empty()) {
+                $threads->sort($index);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            if ($this->sort_order != $threads->get_parameters('ORDER')) {
+                $threads->revert();
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Invoke search request to IMAP server
      *
-     * @param  string  $mailbox    Mailbox name to search in
+     * @param  string  $folder     Folder name to search in
      * @param  string  $str        Search criteria
      * @param  string  $charset    Search charset
      * @param  string  $sort_field Header field to sort by
-     * @return array   search results as list of message IDs
-     * @access public
+     *
+     * @todo: Search criteria should be provided in non-IMAP format, eg. array
      */
-    function search($mailbox='', $str=NULL, $charset=NULL, $sort_field=NULL)
+    public function search($folder='', $str='ALL', $charset=NULL, $sort_field=NULL)
     {
-        if (!$str)
-            return false;
-
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!$str) {
+            $str = 'ALL';
         }
 
-        $results = $this->_search_index($mailbox, $str, $charset, $sort_field);
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
+        }
 
-        $this->set_search_set($str, $results, $charset, $sort_field, (bool)$this->threading,
-            $this->threading || $this->search_sorted ? true : false);
+        $results = $this->search_index($folder, $str, $charset, $sort_field);
 
-        return $results;
+        $this->set_search_set(array($str, $results, $charset, $sort_field,
+            $this->threading || $this->search_sorted ? true : false));
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Private search method
+     * Direct (real and simple) SEARCH request (without result sorting and caching).
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox    Mailbox name
+     * @param  string  $mailbox Mailbox name to search in
+     * @param  string  $str     Search string
+     *
+     * @return rcube_result_index  Search result (UIDs)
+     */
+    public function search_once($folder = null, $str = 'ALL')
+    {
+        if (!$str) {
+            return 'ALL';
+        }
+
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return new rcube_result_index();
+        }
+
+        $index = $this->conn->search($folder, $str, true);
+
+        return $index;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * protected search method
+     *
+     * @param string $folder     Folder name
      * @param string $criteria   Search criteria
      * @param string $charset    Charset
      * @param string $sort_field Sorting field
      *
-     * @return array   search results as list of message ids
+     * @return rcube_result_index|rcube_result_thread  Search results (UIDs)
      * @see rcube_imap::search()
      */
-    private function _search_index($mailbox, $criteria='ALL', $charset=NULL, $sort_field=NULL)
+    protected function search_index($folder, $criteria='ALL', $charset=NULL, $sort_field=NULL)
     {
         $orig_criteria = $criteria;
 
-        if ($this->skip_deleted && !preg_match('/UNDELETED/', $criteria))
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            if ($this->threading) {
+                return new rcube_result_thread();
+            }
+            else {
+                return new rcube_result_index();
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($this->options['skip_deleted'] && !preg_match('/UNDELETED/', $criteria)) {
             $criteria = 'UNDELETED '.$criteria;
+        }
 
         if ($this->threading) {
-            $a_messages = $this->conn->thread($mailbox, $this->threading, $criteria, $charset);
+            $threads = $this->conn->thread($folder, $this->threading, $criteria, true, $charset);
 
             // Error, try with US-ASCII (RFC5256: SORT/THREAD must support US-ASCII and UTF-8,
             // but I've seen that Courier doesn't support UTF-8)
-            if ($a_messages === false && $charset && $charset != 'US-ASCII')
-                $a_messages = $this->conn->thread($mailbox, $this->threading,
-                    $this->convert_criteria($criteria, $charset), 'US-ASCII');
-
-            if ($a_messages !== false) {
-                list ($thread_tree, $msg_depth, $has_children) = $a_messages;
-                $a_messages = array(
-                    'tree' => $thread_tree,
-                    'depth'=> $msg_depth,
-                    'children' => $has_children
-                );
+            if ($threads->is_error() && $charset && $charset != 'US-ASCII') {
+                $threads = $this->conn->thread($folder, $this->threading,
+                    $this->convert_criteria($criteria, $charset), true, 'US-ASCII');
             }
 
-            return $a_messages;
+            return $threads;
         }
 
         if ($sort_field && $this->get_capability('SORT')) {
-            $charset = $charset ? $charset : $this->default_charset;
-            $a_messages = $this->conn->sort($mailbox, $sort_field, $criteria, false, $charset);
+            $charset  = $charset ? $charset : $this->default_charset;
+            $messages = $this->conn->sort($folder, $sort_field, $criteria, true, $charset);
 
             // Error, try with US-ASCII (RFC5256: SORT/THREAD must support US-ASCII and UTF-8,
             // but I've seen Courier with disabled UTF-8 support)
-            if ($a_messages === false && $charset && $charset != 'US-ASCII')
-                $a_messages = $this->conn->sort($mailbox, $sort_field,
-                    $this->convert_criteria($criteria, $charset), false, 'US-ASCII');
+            if ($messages->is_error() && $charset && $charset != 'US-ASCII') {
+                $messages = $this->conn->sort($folder, $sort_field,
+                    $this->convert_criteria($criteria, $charset), true, 'US-ASCII');
+            }
 
-            if ($a_messages !== false) {
+            if (!$messages->is_error()) {
                 $this->search_sorted = true;
-                return $a_messages;
+                return $messages;
             }
         }
 
-        if ($orig_criteria == 'ALL') {
-            $max = $this->_messagecount($mailbox);
-            $a_messages = $max ? range(1, $max) : array();
-        }
-        else {
-            $a_messages = $this->conn->search($mailbox,
-                ($charset ? "CHARSET $charset " : '') . $criteria);
+        $messages = $this->conn->search($folder,
+            ($charset ? "CHARSET $charset " : '') . $criteria, true);
 
-            // Error, try with US-ASCII (some servers may support only US-ASCII)
-            if ($a_messages === false && $charset && $charset != 'US-ASCII')
-                $a_messages = $this->conn->search($mailbox,
-                    'CHARSET US-ASCII ' . $this->convert_criteria($criteria, $charset));
-
-            // I didn't found that SEARCH should return sorted IDs
-            if (is_array($a_messages) && !$this->sort_field)
-                sort($a_messages);
+        // Error, try with US-ASCII (some servers may support only US-ASCII)
+        if ($messages->is_error() && $charset && $charset != 'US-ASCII') {
+            $messages = $this->conn->search($folder,
+                $this->convert_criteria($criteria, $charset), true);
         }
 
         $this->search_sorted = false;
 
-        return $a_messages;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Direct (real and simple) SEARCH request to IMAP server,
-     * without result sorting and caching
-     *
-     * @param  string  $mailbox Mailbox name to search in
-     * @param  string  $str     Search string
-     * @param  boolean $ret_uid True if UIDs should be returned
-     *
-     * @return array   Search results as list of message IDs or UIDs
-     */
-    function search_once($mailbox='', $str=NULL, $ret_uid=false)
-    {
-        if (!$str)
-            return false;
-
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
-        }
-
-        return $this->conn->search($mailbox, $str, $ret_uid);
+        return $messages;
     }
 
 
@@ -1747,10 +1445,10 @@
      * @param  string  $str          Search string
      * @param  string  $charset      Original charset
      * @param  string  $dest_charset Destination charset (default US-ASCII)
+     *
      * @return string  Search string
-     * @access private
      */
-    private function convert_criteria($str, $charset, $dest_charset='US-ASCII')
+    protected function convert_criteria($str, $charset, $dest_charset='US-ASCII')
     {
         // convert strings to US_ASCII
         if (preg_match_all('/\{([0-9]+)\}\r\n/', $str, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
@@ -1758,122 +1456,23 @@
             foreach ($matches[1] as $m) {
                 $string_offset = $m[1] + strlen($m[0]) + 4; // {}\r\n
                 $string = substr($str, $string_offset - 1, $m[0]);
-                $string = rcube_charset_convert($string, $charset, $dest_charset);
-                if (!$string)
+                $string = rcube_charset::convert($string, $charset, $dest_charset);
+                if ($string === false) {
                     continue;
-                $res .= sprintf("%s{%d}\r\n%s", substr($str, $last, $m[1] - $last - 1), strlen($string), $string);
+                }
+                $res .= substr($str, $last, $m[1] - $last - 1) . rcube_imap_generic::escape($string);
                 $last = $m[0] + $string_offset - 1;
             }
-            if ($last < strlen($str))
+            if ($last < strlen($str)) {
                 $res .= substr($str, $last, strlen($str)-$last);
+            }
         }
-        else // strings for conversion not found
+        // strings for conversion not found
+        else {
             $res = $str;
+        }
 
         return $res;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sort thread
-     *
-     * @param string $mailbox     Mailbox name
-     * @param  array $thread_tree Unsorted thread tree (rcube_imap_generic::thread() result)
-     * @param  array $ids         Message IDs if we know what we need (e.g. search result)
-     *
-     * @return array Sorted roots IDs
-     */
-    function sort_threads($mailbox, $thread_tree, $ids = null)
-    {
-        // THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT: sorting by sent date of root message
-        // THREAD=REFERENCES:     sorting by sent date of root message
-        // THREAD=REFS:           sorting by the most recent date in each thread
-
-        // default sorting
-        if (!$this->sort_field || ($this->sort_field == 'date' && $this->threading == 'REFS')) {
-            return array_keys((array)$thread_tree);
-        }
-        // here we'll implement REFS sorting
-        else {
-            if ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()) {
-                $a_index = $mcache->get_index($mailbox, $this->sort_field, 'ASC');
-                if (is_array($a_index)) {
-                    $a_index = array_keys($a_index);
-                    // now we must remove IDs that doesn't exist in $ids
-                    if (!empty($ids))
-                        $a_index = array_intersect($a_index, $ids);
-                }
-            }
-            // use SORT command
-            else if ($this->get_capability('SORT') &&
-                ($a_index = $this->conn->sort($mailbox, $this->sort_field,
-                    !empty($ids) ? $ids : ($this->skip_deleted ? 'UNDELETED' : ''))) !== false
-            ) {
-                // do nothing
-            }
-            else {
-                // fetch specified headers for all messages and sort them
-                $a_index = $this->conn->fetchHeaderIndex($mailbox, !empty($ids) ? $ids : "1:*",
-                    $this->sort_field, $this->skip_deleted);
-
-                // return unsorted tree if we've got no index data
-                if (!empty($a_index)) {
-                    asort($a_index); // ASC
-                    $a_index = array_values($a_index);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (empty($a_index))
-                return array_keys((array)$thread_tree);
-
-            return $this->_sort_thread_refs($thread_tree, $a_index);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * THREAD=REFS sorting implementation
-     *
-     * @param  array $tree   Thread tree array (message identifiers as keys)
-     * @param  array $index  Array of sorted message identifiers
-     *
-     * @return array   Array of sorted roots messages
-     */
-    private function _sort_thread_refs($tree, $index)
-    {
-        if (empty($tree))
-            return array();
-
-        $index = array_combine(array_values($index), $index);
-
-        // assign roots
-        foreach ($tree as $idx => $val) {
-            $index[$idx] = $idx;
-            if (!empty($val)) {
-                $idx_arr = array_keys_recursive($tree[$idx]);
-                foreach ($idx_arr as $subidx)
-                    $index[$subidx] = $idx;
-            }
-        }
-
-        $index = array_values($index);
-
-        // create sorted array of roots
-        $msg_index = array();
-        if ($this->sort_order != 'DESC') {
-            foreach ($index as $idx)
-                if (!isset($msg_index[$idx]))
-                    $msg_index[$idx] = $idx;
-            $msg_index = array_values($msg_index);
-        }
-        else {
-            for ($x=count($index)-1; $x>=0; $x--)
-                if (!isset($msg_index[$index[$x]]))
-                    $msg_index[$index[$x]] = $index[$x];
-            $msg_index = array_reverse($msg_index);
-        }
-
-        return $msg_index;
     }
 
 
@@ -1882,57 +1481,41 @@
      *
      * @return array Current search set
      */
-    function refresh_search()
+    public function refresh_search()
     {
-        if (!empty($this->search_string))
-            $this->search_set = $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset,
-                $this->search_sort_field, $this->search_threads, $this->search_sorted);
+        if (!empty($this->search_string)) {
+            $this->search('', $this->search_string, $this->search_charset, $this->search_sort_field);
+        }
 
         return $this->get_search_set();
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Check if the given message ID is part of the current search set
-     *
-     * @param string $msgid Message id
-     * @return boolean True on match or if no search request is stored
-     */
-    function in_searchset($msgid)
-    {
-        if (!empty($this->search_string)) {
-            if ($this->search_threads)
-                return isset($this->search_set['depth']["$msgid"]);
-            else
-                return in_array("$msgid", (array)$this->search_set, true);
-        }
-        else
-            return true;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
      * Return message headers object of a specific message
      *
-     * @param int     $id       Message sequence ID or UID
-     * @param string  $mailbox  Mailbox to read from
+     * @param int     $id       Message UID
+     * @param string  $folder   Folder to read from
      * @param bool    $force    True to skip cache
      *
-     * @return rcube_mail_header Message headers
+     * @return rcube_message_header Message headers
      */
-    function get_headers($uid, $mailbox = null, $force = false)
+    public function get_message_headers($uid, $folder = null, $force = false)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
 
         // get cached headers
         if (!$force && $uid && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine())) {
-            $headers = $mcache->get_message($mailbox, $uid);
+            $headers = $mcache->get_message($folder, $uid);
+        }
+        else if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            $headers = false;
         }
         else {
             $headers = $this->conn->fetchHeader(
-                $mailbox, $uid, true, true, $this->get_fetch_headers());
+                $folder, $uid, true, true, $this->get_fetch_headers());
         }
 
         return $headers;
@@ -1944,14 +1527,14 @@
      * an object structure similar to the one generated by PEAR::Mail_mimeDecode
      *
      * @param int     $uid      Message UID to fetch
-     * @param string  $mailbox  Mailbox to read from
+     * @param string  $folder   Folder to read from
      *
-     * @return object rcube_mail_header Message data
+     * @return object rcube_message_header Message data
      */
-    function get_message($uid, $mailbox = null)
+    public function get_message($uid, $folder = null)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
 
         // Check internal cache
@@ -1961,28 +1544,41 @@
             }
         }
 
-        $headers = $this->get_headers($uid, $mailbox);
+        $headers = $this->get_message_headers($uid, $folder);
+
+        // message doesn't exist?
+        if (empty($headers)) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
         // structure might be cached
-        if (!empty($headers->structure))
+        if (!empty($headers->structure)) {
             return $headers;
+        }
 
-        $this->_msg_uid = $uid;
+        $this->msg_uid = $uid;
+
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return $headers;
+        }
 
         if (empty($headers->bodystructure)) {
-            $headers->bodystructure = $this->conn->getStructure($mailbox, $uid, true);
+            $headers->bodystructure = $this->conn->getStructure($folder, $uid, true);
         }
 
         $structure = $headers->bodystructure;
 
-        if (empty($structure))
+        if (empty($structure)) {
             return $headers;
+        }
 
         // set message charset from message headers
-        if ($headers->charset)
+        if ($headers->charset) {
             $this->struct_charset = $headers->charset;
-        else
-            $this->struct_charset = $this->_structure_charset($structure);
+        }
+        else {
+            $this->struct_charset = $this->structure_charset($structure);
+        }
 
         $headers->ctype = strtolower($headers->ctype);
 
@@ -1998,11 +1594,12 @@
                 $structure[0] = $m[1];
                 $structure[1] = $m[2];
             }
-            else
+            else {
                 return $headers;
+            }
         }
 
-        $struct = &$this->_structure_part($structure, 0, '', $headers);
+        $struct = $this->structure_part($structure, 0, '', $headers);
 
         // don't trust given content-type
         if (empty($struct->parts) && !empty($headers->ctype)) {
@@ -2023,9 +1620,8 @@
      * @param array  $part
      * @param int    $count
      * @param string $parent
-     * @access private
      */
-    function &_structure_part($part, $count=0, $parent='', $mime_headers=null)
+    protected function structure_part($part, $count=0, $parent='', $mime_headers=null)
     {
         $struct = new rcube_message_part;
         $struct->mime_id = empty($parent) ? (string)$count : "$parent.$count";
@@ -2058,8 +1654,9 @@
 
             // build parts list for headers pre-fetching
             for ($i=0; $i<count($part); $i++) {
-                if (!is_array($part[$i]))
+                if (!is_array($part[$i])) {
                     break;
+                }
                 // fetch message headers if message/rfc822
                 // or named part (could contain Content-Location header)
                 if (!is_array($part[$i][0])) {
@@ -2077,16 +1674,17 @@
             // @TODO: we could do this before _structure_part() call, to fetch
             // headers for parts on all levels
             if ($mime_part_headers) {
-                $mime_part_headers = $this->conn->fetchMIMEHeaders($this->mailbox,
-                    $this->_msg_uid, $mime_part_headers);
+                $mime_part_headers = $this->conn->fetchMIMEHeaders($this->folder,
+                    $this->msg_uid, $mime_part_headers);
             }
 
             $struct->parts = array();
             for ($i=0, $count=0; $i<count($part); $i++) {
-                if (!is_array($part[$i]))
+                if (!is_array($part[$i])) {
                     break;
+                }
                 $tmp_part_id = $struct->mime_id ? $struct->mime_id.'.'.($i+1) : $i+1;
-                $struct->parts[] = $this->_structure_part($part[$i], ++$count, $struct->mime_id,
+                $struct->parts[] = $this->structure_part($part[$i], ++$count, $struct->mime_id,
                     $mime_part_headers[$tmp_part_id]);
             }
 
@@ -2122,11 +1720,13 @@
         // read content type parameters
         if (is_array($part[2])) {
             $struct->ctype_parameters = array();
-            for ($i=0; $i<count($part[2]); $i+=2)
+            for ($i=0; $i<count($part[2]); $i+=2) {
                 $struct->ctype_parameters[strtolower($part[2][$i])] = $part[2][$i+1];
+            }
 
-            if (isset($struct->ctype_parameters['charset']))
+            if (isset($struct->ctype_parameters['charset'])) {
                 $struct->charset = $struct->ctype_parameters['charset'];
+            }
         }
 
         // #1487700: workaround for lack of charset in malformed structure
@@ -2141,29 +1741,37 @@
         }
 
         // get part size
-        if (!empty($part[6]))
+        if (!empty($part[6])) {
             $struct->size = intval($part[6]);
+        }
 
         // read part disposition
         $di = 8;
-        if ($struct->ctype_primary == 'text') $di += 1;
-        else if ($struct->mimetype == 'message/rfc822') $di += 3;
+        if ($struct->ctype_primary == 'text') {
+            $di += 1;
+        }
+        else if ($struct->mimetype == 'message/rfc822') {
+            $di += 3;
+        }
 
         if (is_array($part[$di]) && count($part[$di]) == 2) {
             $struct->disposition = strtolower($part[$di][0]);
 
-            if (is_array($part[$di][1]))
-                for ($n=0; $n<count($part[$di][1]); $n+=2)
+            if (is_array($part[$di][1])) {
+                for ($n=0; $n<count($part[$di][1]); $n+=2) {
                     $struct->d_parameters[strtolower($part[$di][1][$n])] = $part[$di][1][$n+1];
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         // get message/rfc822's child-parts
         if (is_array($part[8]) && $di != 8) {
             $struct->parts = array();
             for ($i=0, $count=0; $i<count($part[8]); $i++) {
-                if (!is_array($part[8][$i]))
+                if (!is_array($part[8][$i])) {
                     break;
-                $struct->parts[] = $this->_structure_part($part[8][$i], ++$count, $struct->mime_id);
+                }
+                $struct->parts[] = $this->structure_part($part[8][$i], ++$count, $struct->mime_id);
             }
         }
 
@@ -2172,44 +1780,51 @@
             $struct->content_id = $part[3];
             $struct->headers['content-id'] = $part[3];
 
-            if (empty($struct->disposition))
+            if (empty($struct->disposition)) {
                 $struct->disposition = 'inline';
+            }
         }
 
         // fetch message headers if message/rfc822 or named part (could contain Content-Location header)
         if ($struct->ctype_primary == 'message' || ($struct->ctype_parameters['name'] && !$struct->content_id)) {
             if (empty($mime_headers)) {
                 $mime_headers = $this->conn->fetchPartHeader(
-                    $this->mailbox, $this->_msg_uid, true, $struct->mime_id);
+                    $this->folder, $this->msg_uid, true, $struct->mime_id);
             }
 
-            if (is_string($mime_headers))
-                $struct->headers = $this->_parse_headers($mime_headers) + $struct->headers;
-            else if (is_object($mime_headers))
+            if (is_string($mime_headers)) {
+                $struct->headers = rcube_mime::parse_headers($mime_headers) + $struct->headers;
+            }
+            else if (is_object($mime_headers)) {
                 $struct->headers = get_object_vars($mime_headers) + $struct->headers;
+            }
 
             // get real content-type of message/rfc822
             if ($struct->mimetype == 'message/rfc822') {
                 // single-part
-                if (!is_array($part[8][0]))
+                if (!is_array($part[8][0])) {
                     $struct->real_mimetype = strtolower($part[8][0] . '/' . $part[8][1]);
+                }
                 // multi-part
                 else {
-                    for ($n=0; $n<count($part[8]); $n++)
-                        if (!is_array($part[8][$n]))
+                    for ($n=0; $n<count($part[8]); $n++) {
+                        if (!is_array($part[8][$n])) {
                             break;
+                        }
+                    }
                     $struct->real_mimetype = 'multipart/' . strtolower($part[8][$n]);
                 }
             }
 
             if ($struct->ctype_primary == 'message' && empty($struct->parts)) {
-                if (is_array($part[8]) && $di != 8)
-                    $struct->parts[] = $this->_structure_part($part[8], ++$count, $struct->mime_id);
+                if (is_array($part[8]) && $di != 8) {
+                    $struct->parts[] = $this->structure_part($part[8], ++$count, $struct->mime_id);
+                }
             }
         }
 
         // normalize filename property
-        $this->_set_part_filename($struct, $mime_headers);
+        $this->set_part_filename($struct, $mime_headers);
 
         return $struct;
     }
@@ -2220,16 +1835,18 @@
      *
      * @param  rcube_message_part $part    Part object
      * @param  string             $headers Part's raw headers
-     * @access private
      */
-    private function _set_part_filename(&$part, $headers=null)
+    protected function set_part_filename(&$part, $headers=null)
     {
-        if (!empty($part->d_parameters['filename']))
+        if (!empty($part->d_parameters['filename'])) {
             $filename_mime = $part->d_parameters['filename'];
-        else if (!empty($part->d_parameters['filename*']))
+        }
+        else if (!empty($part->d_parameters['filename*'])) {
             $filename_encoded = $part->d_parameters['filename*'];
-        else if (!empty($part->ctype_parameters['name*']))
+        }
+        else if (!empty($part->ctype_parameters['name*'])) {
             $filename_encoded = $part->ctype_parameters['name*'];
+        }
         // RFC2231 value continuations
         // TODO: this should be rewrited to support RFC2231 4.1 combinations
         else if (!empty($part->d_parameters['filename*0'])) {
@@ -2243,7 +1860,7 @@
             if ($i<2) {
                 if (!$headers) {
                     $headers = $this->conn->fetchPartHeader(
-                        $this->mailbox, $this->_msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
+                        $this->folder, $this->msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
                 }
                 $filename_mime = '';
                 $i = 0;
@@ -2262,7 +1879,7 @@
             if ($i<2) {
                 if (!$headers) {
                     $headers = $this->conn->fetchPartHeader(
-                            $this->mailbox, $this->_msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
+                            $this->folder, $this->msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
                 }
                 $filename_encoded = '';
                 $i = 0; $matches = array();
@@ -2281,7 +1898,7 @@
             if ($i<2) {
                 if (!$headers) {
                     $headers = $this->conn->fetchPartHeader(
-                        $this->mailbox, $this->_msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
+                        $this->folder, $this->msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
                 }
                 $filename_mime = '';
                 $i = 0; $matches = array();
@@ -2300,7 +1917,7 @@
             if ($i<2) {
                 if (!$headers) {
                     $headers = $this->conn->fetchPartHeader(
-                        $this->mailbox, $this->_msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
+                        $this->folder, $this->msg_uid, true, $part->mime_id);
                 }
                 $filename_encoded = '';
                 $i = 0; $matches = array();
@@ -2311,19 +1928,30 @@
             }
         }
         // read 'name' after rfc2231 parameters as it may contains truncated filename (from Thunderbird)
-        else if (!empty($part->ctype_parameters['name']))
+        else if (!empty($part->ctype_parameters['name'])) {
             $filename_mime = $part->ctype_parameters['name'];
+        }
         // Content-Disposition
-        else if (!empty($part->headers['content-description']))
+        else if (!empty($part->headers['content-description'])) {
             $filename_mime = $part->headers['content-description'];
-        else
+        }
+        else {
             return;
+        }
 
         // decode filename
         if (!empty($filename_mime)) {
-            $part->filename = rcube_imap::decode_mime_string($filename_mime,
-                $part->charset ? $part->charset : ($this->struct_charset ? $this->struct_charset :
-                rc_detect_encoding($filename_mime, $this->default_charset)));
+            if (!empty($part->charset)) {
+                $charset = $part->charset;
+            }
+            else if (!empty($this->struct_charset)) {
+                $charset = $this->struct_charset;
+            }
+            else {
+                $charset = rcube_charset::detect($filename_mime, $this->default_charset);
+            }
+
+            $part->filename = rcube_mime::decode_mime_string($filename_mime, $charset);
         }
         else if (!empty($filename_encoded)) {
             // decode filename according to RFC 2231, Section 4
@@ -2331,7 +1959,8 @@
                 $filename_charset = $fmatches[1];
                 $filename_encoded = $fmatches[2];
             }
-            $part->filename = rcube_charset_convert(urldecode($filename_encoded), $filename_charset);
+
+            $part->filename = rcube_charset::convert(urldecode($filename_encoded), $filename_charset);
         }
     }
 
@@ -2340,14 +1969,15 @@
      * Get charset name from message structure (first part)
      *
      * @param  array $structure Message structure
+     *
      * @return string Charset name
-     * @access private
      */
-    private function _structure_charset($structure)
+    protected function structure_charset($structure)
     {
         while (is_array($structure)) {
-            if (is_array($structure[2]) && $structure[2][0] == 'charset')
+            if (is_array($structure[2]) && $structure[2][0] == 'charset') {
                 return $structure[2][1];
+            }
             $structure = $structure[0];
         }
     }
@@ -2365,26 +1995,28 @@
      *
      * @return string Message/part body if not printed
      */
-    function &get_message_part($uid, $part=1, $o_part=NULL, $print=NULL, $fp=NULL, $skip_charset_conv=false)
+    public function get_message_part($uid, $part=1, $o_part=NULL, $print=NULL, $fp=NULL, $skip_charset_conv=false)
     {
-        // get part encoding if not provided
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // get part data if not provided
         if (!is_object($o_part)) {
-            $structure = $this->conn->getStructure($this->mailbox, $uid, true);
+            $structure = $this->conn->getStructure($this->folder, $uid, true);
+            $part_data = rcube_imap_generic::getStructurePartData($structure, $part);
 
             $o_part = new rcube_message_part;
-            $o_part->ctype_primary = strtolower(rcube_imap_generic::getStructurePartType($structure, $part));
-            $o_part->encoding      = strtolower(rcube_imap_generic::getStructurePartEncoding($structure, $part));
-            $o_part->charset       = rcube_imap_generic::getStructurePartCharset($structure, $part);
+            $o_part->ctype_primary = $part_data['type'];
+            $o_part->encoding      = $part_data['encoding'];
+            $o_part->charset       = $part_data['charset'];
+            $o_part->size          = $part_data['size'];
         }
 
-        // TODO: Add caching for message parts
-
-        if (!$part) {
-            $part = 'TEXT';
+        if ($o_part && $o_part->size) {
+            $body = $this->conn->handlePartBody($this->folder, $uid, true,
+                $part ? $part : 'TEXT', $o_part->encoding, $print, $fp);
         }
-
-        $body = $this->conn->handlePartBody($this->mailbox, $uid, true, $part,
-            $o_part->encoding, $print, $fp);
 
         if ($fp || $print) {
             return true;
@@ -2392,33 +2024,26 @@
 
         // convert charset (if text or message part)
         if ($body && preg_match('/^(text|message)$/', $o_part->ctype_primary)) {
-            // Remove NULL characters (#1486189)
-            $body = str_replace("\x00", '', $body);
+            // Remove NULL characters if any (#1486189)
+            if (strpos($body, "\x00") !== false) {
+                $body = str_replace("\x00", '', $body);
+            }
 
-           if (!$skip_charset_conv) {
+            if (!$skip_charset_conv) {
                 if (!$o_part->charset || strtoupper($o_part->charset) == 'US-ASCII') {
-                    $o_part->charset = $this->default_charset;
+                    // try to extract charset information from HTML meta tag (#1488125)
+                    if ($o_part->ctype_secondary == 'html' && preg_match('/<meta[^>]+charset=([a-z0-9-_]+)/i', $body, $m)) {
+                        $o_part->charset = strtoupper($m[1]);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        $o_part->charset = $this->default_charset;
+                    }
                 }
-                $body = rcube_charset_convert($body, $o_part->charset);
+                $body = rcube_charset::convert($body, $o_part->charset);
             }
         }
 
         return $body;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Fetch message body of a specific message from the server
-     *
-     * @param  int    $uid  Message UID
-     * @return string $part Message/part body
-     * @see    rcube_imap::get_message_part()
-     */
-    function &get_body($uid, $part=1)
-    {
-        $headers = $this->get_headers($uid);
-        return rcube_charset_convert($this->get_message_part($uid, $part, NULL),
-            $headers->charset ? $headers->charset : $this->default_charset);
     }
 
 
@@ -2430,9 +2055,13 @@
      *
      * @return string Message source string
      */
-    function &get_raw_body($uid, $fp=null)
+    public function get_raw_body($uid, $fp=null)
     {
-        return $this->conn->handlePartBody($this->mailbox, $uid,
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->conn->handlePartBody($this->folder, $uid,
             true, null, null, false, $fp);
     }
 
@@ -2441,22 +2070,29 @@
      * Returns the message headers as string
      *
      * @param int $uid  Message UID
+     *
      * @return string Message headers string
      */
-    function &get_raw_headers($uid)
+    public function get_raw_headers($uid)
     {
-        return $this->conn->fetchPartHeader($this->mailbox, $uid, true);
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->conn->fetchPartHeader($this->folder, $uid, true);
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Sends the whole message source to stdout
-     *
-     * @param int $uid Message UID
      */
-    function print_raw_body($uid)
+    public function print_raw_body($uid)
     {
-        $this->conn->handlePartBody($this->mailbox, $uid, true, NULL, NULL, true);
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->conn->handlePartBody($this->folder, $uid, true, NULL, NULL, true);
     }
 
 
@@ -2465,24 +2101,30 @@
      *
      * @param mixed   $uids       Message UIDs as array or comma-separated string, or '*'
      * @param string  $flag       Flag to set: SEEN, UNDELETED, DELETED, RECENT, ANSWERED, DRAFT, MDNSENT
-     * @param string  $mailbox    Folder name
+     * @param string  $folder    Folder name
      * @param boolean $skip_cache True to skip message cache clean up
      *
      * @return boolean  Operation status
      */
-    function set_flag($uids, $flag, $mailbox=null, $skip_cache=false)
+    public function set_flag($uids, $flag, $folder=null, $skip_cache=false)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
         }
 
         $flag = strtoupper($flag);
-        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->_parse_uids($uids, $mailbox);
+        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->parse_uids($uids);
 
-        if (strpos($flag, 'UN') === 0)
-            $result = $this->conn->unflag($mailbox, $uids, substr($flag, 2));
-        else
-            $result = $this->conn->flag($mailbox, $uids, $flag);
+        if (strpos($flag, 'UN') === 0) {
+            $result = $this->conn->unflag($folder, $uids, substr($flag, 2));
+        }
+        else {
+            $result = $this->conn->flag($folder, $uids, $flag);
+        }
 
         if ($result) {
             // reload message headers if cached
@@ -2490,17 +2132,17 @@
             if (!$skip_cache && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine())) {
                 $status = strpos($flag, 'UN') !== 0;
                 $mflag  = preg_replace('/^UN/', '', $flag);
-                $mcache->change_flag($mailbox, $all_mode ? null : explode(',', $uids),
+                $mcache->change_flag($folder, $all_mode ? null : explode(',', $uids),
                     $mflag, $status);
             }
 
             // clear cached counters
             if ($flag == 'SEEN' || $flag == 'UNSEEN') {
-                $this->_clear_messagecount($mailbox, 'SEEN');
-                $this->_clear_messagecount($mailbox, 'UNSEEN');
+                $this->clear_messagecount($folder, 'SEEN');
+                $this->clear_messagecount($folder, 'UNSEEN');
             }
             else if ($flag == 'DELETED') {
-                $this->_clear_messagecount($mailbox, 'DELETED');
+                $this->clear_messagecount($folder, 'DELETED');
             }
         }
 
@@ -2509,48 +2151,34 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Remove message flag for one or several messages
+     * Append a mail message (source) to a specific folder
      *
-     * @param mixed  $uids    Message UIDs as array or comma-separated string, or '*'
-     * @param string $flag    Flag to unset: SEEN, DELETED, RECENT, ANSWERED, DRAFT, MDNSENT
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
-     *
-     * @return int   Number of flagged messages, -1 on failure
-     * @see set_flag
-     */
-    function unset_flag($uids, $flag, $mailbox=null)
-    {
-        return $this->set_flag($uids, 'UN'.$flag, $mailbox);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Append a mail message (source) to a specific mailbox
-     *
-     * @param string  $mailbox Target mailbox
+     * @param string  $folder  Target folder
      * @param string  $message The message source string or filename
      * @param string  $headers Headers string if $message contains only the body
      * @param boolean $is_file True if $message is a filename
      *
-     * @return boolean True on success, False on error
+     * @return int|bool Appended message UID or True on success, False on error
      */
-    function save_message($mailbox, &$message, $headers='', $is_file=false)
+    public function save_message($folder, &$message, $headers='', $is_file=false)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
 
-        // make sure mailbox exists
-        if ($this->mailbox_exists($mailbox)) {
-            if ($is_file)
-                $saved = $this->conn->appendFromFile($mailbox, $message, $headers);
-            else
-                $saved = $this->conn->append($mailbox, $message);
+        // make sure folder exists
+        if ($this->folder_exists($folder)) {
+            if ($is_file) {
+                $saved = $this->conn->appendFromFile($folder, $message, $headers);
+            }
+            else {
+                $saved = $this->conn->append($folder, $message);
+            }
         }
 
         if ($saved) {
-            // increase messagecount of the target mailbox
-            $this->_set_messagecount($mailbox, 'ALL', 1);
+            // increase messagecount of the target folder
+            $this->set_messagecount($folder, 'ALL', 1);
         }
 
         return $saved;
@@ -2558,38 +2186,48 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Move a message from one mailbox to another
+     * Move a message from one folder to another
      *
      * @param mixed  $uids      Message UIDs as array or comma-separated string, or '*'
-     * @param string $to_mbox   Target mailbox
-     * @param string $from_mbox Source mailbox
+     * @param string $to_mbox   Target folder
+     * @param string $from_mbox Source folder
+     *
      * @return boolean True on success, False on error
      */
-    function move_message($uids, $to_mbox, $from_mbox='')
+    public function move_message($uids, $to_mbox, $from_mbox='')
     {
         if (!strlen($from_mbox)) {
-            $from_mbox = $this->mailbox;
+            $from_mbox = $this->folder;
         }
 
         if ($to_mbox === $from_mbox) {
             return false;
         }
 
-        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->_parse_uids($uids, $from_mbox);
+        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->parse_uids($uids);
 
         // exit if no message uids are specified
-        if (empty($uids))
+        if (empty($uids)) {
             return false;
-
-        // make sure mailbox exists
-        if ($to_mbox != 'INBOX' && !$this->mailbox_exists($to_mbox)) {
-            if (in_array($to_mbox, $this->default_folders))
-                $this->create_mailbox($to_mbox, true);
-            else
-                return false;
         }
 
-        $config = rcmail::get_instance()->config;
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // make sure folder exists
+        if ($to_mbox != 'INBOX' && !$this->folder_exists($to_mbox)) {
+            if (in_array($to_mbox, $this->default_folders)) {
+                if (!$this->create_folder($to_mbox, true)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $config = rcube::get_instance()->config;
         $to_trash = $to_mbox == $config->get('trash_mbox');
 
         // flag messages as read before moving them
@@ -2602,11 +2240,11 @@
         $moved = $this->conn->move($uids, $from_mbox, $to_mbox);
 
         // send expunge command in order to have the moved message
-        // really deleted from the source mailbox
+        // really deleted from the source folder
         if ($moved) {
-            $this->_expunge($from_mbox, false, $uids);
-            $this->_clear_messagecount($from_mbox);
-            $this->_clear_messagecount($to_mbox);
+            $this->expunge_message($uids, $from_mbox, false);
+            $this->clear_messagecount($from_mbox);
+            $this->clear_messagecount($to_mbox);
         }
         // moving failed
         else if ($to_trash && $config->get('delete_always', false)) {
@@ -2618,18 +2256,14 @@
             unset($this->icache['threads']);
 
             // remove message ids from search set
-            if ($this->search_set && $from_mbox == $this->mailbox) {
+            if ($this->search_set && $from_mbox == $this->folder) {
                 // threads are too complicated to just remove messages from set
-                if ($this->search_threads || $all_mode)
+                if ($this->search_threads || $all_mode) {
                     $this->refresh_search();
-                else {
-                    $a_uids = explode(',', $uids);
-                    foreach ($a_uids as $uid)
-                        $a_mids[] = $this->uid2id($uid, $from_mbox);
-                    $this->search_set = array_diff($this->search_set, $a_mids);
                 }
-                unset($a_mids);
-                unset($a_uids);
+                else {
+                    $this->search_set->filter(explode(',', $uids));
+                }
             }
 
             // remove cached messages
@@ -2642,39 +2276,48 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Copy a message from one mailbox to another
+     * Copy a message from one folder to another
      *
      * @param mixed  $uids      Message UIDs as array or comma-separated string, or '*'
-     * @param string $to_mbox   Target mailbox
-     * @param string $from_mbox Source mailbox
+     * @param string $to_mbox   Target folder
+     * @param string $from_mbox Source folder
+     *
      * @return boolean True on success, False on error
      */
-    function copy_message($uids, $to_mbox, $from_mbox='')
+    public function copy_message($uids, $to_mbox, $from_mbox='')
     {
         if (!strlen($from_mbox)) {
-            $from_mbox = $this->mailbox;
+            $from_mbox = $this->folder;
         }
 
-        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->_parse_uids($uids, $from_mbox);
+        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->parse_uids($uids);
 
         // exit if no message uids are specified
         if (empty($uids)) {
             return false;
         }
 
-        // make sure mailbox exists
-        if ($to_mbox != 'INBOX' && !$this->mailbox_exists($to_mbox)) {
-            if (in_array($to_mbox, $this->default_folders))
-                $this->create_mailbox($to_mbox, true);
-            else
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // make sure folder exists
+        if ($to_mbox != 'INBOX' && !$this->folder_exists($to_mbox)) {
+            if (in_array($to_mbox, $this->default_folders)) {
+                if (!$this->create_folder($to_mbox, true)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
                 return false;
+            }
         }
 
         // copy messages
         $copied = $this->conn->copy($uids, $from_mbox, $to_mbox);
 
         if ($copied) {
-            $this->_clear_messagecount($to_mbox);
+            $this->clear_messagecount($to_mbox);
         }
 
         return $copied;
@@ -2682,54 +2325,55 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Mark messages as deleted and expunge mailbox
+     * Mark messages as deleted and expunge them
      *
      * @param mixed  $uids    Message UIDs as array or comma-separated string, or '*'
-     * @param string $mailbox Source mailbox
+     * @param string $folder  Source folder
      *
      * @return boolean True on success, False on error
      */
-    function delete_message($uids, $mailbox='')
+    public function delete_message($uids, $folder='')
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
 
-        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->_parse_uids($uids, $mailbox);
+        list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->parse_uids($uids);
 
         // exit if no message uids are specified
-        if (empty($uids))
+        if (empty($uids)) {
             return false;
+        }
 
-        $deleted = $this->conn->delete($mailbox, $uids);
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $deleted = $this->conn->flag($folder, $uids, 'DELETED');
 
         if ($deleted) {
             // send expunge command in order to have the deleted message
-            // really deleted from the mailbox
-            $this->_expunge($mailbox, false, $uids);
-            $this->_clear_messagecount($mailbox);
-            unset($this->uid_id_map[$mailbox]);
+            // really deleted from the folder
+            $this->expunge_message($uids, $folder, false);
+            $this->clear_messagecount($folder);
+            unset($this->uid_id_map[$folder]);
 
             // unset threads internal cache
             unset($this->icache['threads']);
 
             // remove message ids from search set
-            if ($this->search_set && $mailbox == $this->mailbox) {
+            if ($this->search_set && $folder == $this->folder) {
                 // threads are too complicated to just remove messages from set
-                if ($this->search_threads || $all_mode)
+                if ($this->search_threads || $all_mode) {
                     $this->refresh_search();
+                }
                 else {
-                    $a_uids = explode(',', $uids);
-                    foreach ($a_uids as $uid)
-                        $a_mids[] = $this->uid2id($uid, $mailbox);
-                    $this->search_set = array_diff($this->search_set, $a_mids);
-                    unset($a_uids);
-                    unset($a_mids);
+                    $this->search_set->filter(explode(',', $uids));
                 }
             }
 
             // remove cached messages
-            $this->clear_message_cache($mailbox, $all_mode ? null : explode(',', $uids));
+            $this->clear_message_cache($folder, $all_mode ? null : explode(',', $uids));
         }
 
         return $deleted;
@@ -2737,175 +2381,59 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Clear all messages in a specific mailbox
-     *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
-     *
-     * @return int Above 0 on success
-     */
-    function clear_mailbox($mailbox=null)
-    {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
-        }
-
-        // SELECT will set messages count for clearFolder()
-        if ($this->conn->select($mailbox)) {
-            $cleared = $this->conn->clearFolder($mailbox);
-        }
-
-        // make sure the cache is cleared as well
-        if ($cleared) {
-            $this->clear_message_cache($mailbox);
-            $a_mailbox_cache = $this->get_cache('messagecount');
-            unset($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox]);
-            $this->update_cache('messagecount', $a_mailbox_cache);
-        }
-
-        return $cleared;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
      * Send IMAP expunge command and clear cache
      *
-     * @param string  $mailbox     Mailbox name
-     * @param boolean $clear_cache False if cache should not be cleared
-     *
-     * @return boolean True on success
-     */
-    function expunge($mailbox='', $clear_cache=true)
-    {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
-        }
-
-        return $this->_expunge($mailbox, $clear_cache);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Send IMAP expunge command and clear cache
-     *
-     * @param string  $mailbox     Mailbox name
-     * @param boolean $clear_cache False if cache should not be cleared
      * @param mixed   $uids        Message UIDs as array or comma-separated string, or '*'
-     * @return boolean True on success
-     * @access private
-     * @see rcube_imap::expunge()
+     * @param string  $folder      Folder name
+     * @param boolean $clear_cache False if cache should not be cleared
+     *
+     * @return boolean True on success, False on failure
      */
-    private function _expunge($mailbox, $clear_cache=true, $uids=NULL)
+    public function expunge_message($uids, $folder = null, $clear_cache = true)
     {
-        if ($uids && $this->get_capability('UIDPLUS'))
-            list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->_parse_uids($uids, $mailbox);
-        else
+        if ($uids && $this->get_capability('UIDPLUS')) {
+            list($uids, $all_mode) = $this->parse_uids($uids);
+        }
+        else {
             $uids = null;
+        }
 
-        // force mailbox selection and check if mailbox is writeable
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // force folder selection and check if folder is writeable
         // to prevent a situation when CLOSE is executed on closed
-        // or EXPUNGE on read-only mailbox
-        $result = $this->conn->select($mailbox);
+        // or EXPUNGE on read-only folder
+        $result = $this->conn->select($folder);
         if (!$result) {
             return false;
         }
+
         if (!$this->conn->data['READ-WRITE']) {
-            $this->conn->setError(rcube_imap_generic::ERROR_READONLY, "Mailbox is read-only");
+            $this->conn->setError(rcube_imap_generic::ERROR_READONLY, "Folder is read-only");
             return false;
         }
 
         // CLOSE(+SELECT) should be faster than EXPUNGE
-        if (empty($uids) || $all_mode)
+        if (empty($uids) || $all_mode) {
             $result = $this->conn->close();
-        else
-            $result = $this->conn->expunge($mailbox, $uids);
+        }
+        else {
+            $result = $this->conn->expunge($folder, $uids);
+        }
 
         if ($result && $clear_cache) {
-            $this->clear_message_cache($mailbox, $all_mode ? null : explode(',', $uids));
-            $this->_clear_messagecount($mailbox);
+            $this->clear_message_cache($folder, $all_mode ? null : explode(',', $uids));
+            $this->clear_messagecount($folder);
         }
 
         return $result;
     }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Parse message UIDs input
-     *
-     * @param mixed  $uids    UIDs array or comma-separated list or '*' or '1:*'
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
-     * @return array Two elements array with UIDs converted to list and ALL flag
-     * @access private
-     */
-    private function _parse_uids($uids, $mailbox)
-    {
-        if ($uids === '*' || $uids === '1:*') {
-            if (empty($this->search_set)) {
-                $uids = '1:*';
-                $all = true;
-            }
-            // get UIDs from current search set
-            // @TODO: skip fetchUIDs() and work with IDs instead of UIDs (?)
-            else {
-                if ($this->search_threads)
-                    $uids = $this->conn->fetchUIDs($mailbox, array_keys($this->search_set['depth']));
-                else
-                    $uids = $this->conn->fetchUIDs($mailbox, $this->search_set);
-
-                // save ID-to-UID mapping in local cache
-                if (is_array($uids))
-                    foreach ($uids as $id => $uid)
-                        $this->uid_id_map[$mailbox][$uid] = $id;
-
-                $uids = join(',', $uids);
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            if (is_array($uids))
-                $uids = join(',', $uids);
-
-            if (preg_match('/[^0-9,]/', $uids))
-                $uids = '';
-        }
-
-        return array($uids, (bool) $all);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Translate UID to message ID
-     *
-     * @param int    $uid     Message UID
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
-     *
-     * @return int   Message ID
-     */
-    function get_id($uid, $mailbox=null)
-    {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
-        }
-
-        return $this->uid2id($uid, $mailbox);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Translate message number to UID
-     *
-     * @param int    $id      Message ID
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
-     *
-     * @return int   Message UID
-     */
-    function get_uid($id, $mailbox=null)
-    {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
-        }
-
-        return $this->id2uid($id, $mailbox);
-    }
-
 
 
     /* --------------------------------
@@ -2913,49 +2441,23 @@
      * --------------------------------*/
 
     /**
-     * Public method for listing subscribed folders
+     * Public method for listing subscribed folders.
      *
-     * @param   string  $root   Optional root folder
-     * @param   string  $name   Optional name pattern
-     * @param   string  $filter Optional filter
+     * @param   string  $root      Optional root folder
+     * @param   string  $name      Optional name pattern
+     * @param   string  $filter    Optional filter
+     * @param   string  $rights    Optional ACL requirements
+     * @param   bool    $skip_sort Enable to return unsorted list (for better performance)
      *
-     * @return  array   List of mailboxes/folders
-     * @access  public
+     * @return  array   List of folders
      */
-    function list_mailboxes($root='', $name='*', $filter=null)
-    {
-        $a_mboxes = $this->_list_mailboxes($root, $name, $filter);
-
-        // INBOX should always be available
-        if ((!$filter || $filter == 'mail') && !in_array('INBOX', $a_mboxes)) {
-            array_unshift($a_mboxes, 'INBOX');
-        }
-
-        // sort mailboxes
-        $a_mboxes = $this->_sort_mailbox_list($a_mboxes);
-
-        return $a_mboxes;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Private method for mailbox listing
-     *
-     * @param   string  $root   Optional root folder
-     * @param   string  $name   Optional name pattern
-     * @param   mixed   $filter Optional filter
-     *
-     * @return  array   List of mailboxes/folders
-     * @see     rcube_imap::list_mailboxes()
-     * @access  private
-     */
-    private function _list_mailboxes($root='', $name='*', $filter=null)
+    public function list_folders_subscribed($root='', $name='*', $filter=null, $rights=null, $skip_sort=false)
     {
         $cache_key = $root.':'.$name;
         if (!empty($filter)) {
             $cache_key .= ':'.(is_string($filter) ? $filter : serialize($filter));
         }
-
+        $cache_key .= ':'.$rights;
         $cache_key = 'mailboxes.'.md5($cache_key);
 
         // get cached folder list
@@ -2964,31 +2466,73 @@
             return $a_mboxes;
         }
 
+        $a_mboxes = $this->_list_folders_subscribed($root, $name, $filter, $rights);
+
+        if (!is_array($a_mboxes)) {
+            return array();
+        }
+
+        // filter folders list according to rights requirements
+        if ($rights && $this->get_capability('ACL')) {
+            $a_mboxes = $this->filter_rights($a_mboxes, $rights);
+        }
+
+        // INBOX should always be available
+        if ((!$filter || $filter == 'mail') && !in_array('INBOX', $a_mboxes)) {
+            array_unshift($a_mboxes, 'INBOX');
+        }
+
+        // sort folders (always sort for cache)
+        if (!$skip_sort || $this->cache) {
+            $a_mboxes = $this->sort_folder_list($a_mboxes);
+        }
+
+        // write folders list to cache
+        $this->update_cache($cache_key, $a_mboxes);
+
+        return $a_mboxes;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * protected method for folders listing (LSUB)
+     *
+     * @param   string  $root   Optional root folder
+     * @param   string  $name   Optional name pattern
+     * @param   mixed   $filter Optional filter
+     * @param   string  $rights Optional ACL requirements
+     *
+     * @return  array   List of subscribed folders
+     * @see     rcube_imap::list_folders_subscribed()
+     */
+    protected function _list_folders_subscribed($root='', $name='*', $filter=null, $rights=null)
+    {
         $a_defaults = $a_out = array();
 
-        // Give plugins a chance to provide a list of mailboxes
-        $data = rcmail::get_instance()->plugins->exec_hook('mailboxes_list',
+        // Give plugins a chance to provide a list of folders
+        $data = rcube::get_instance()->plugins->exec_hook('storage_folders',
             array('root' => $root, 'name' => $name, 'filter' => $filter, 'mode' => 'LSUB'));
 
         if (isset($data['folders'])) {
             $a_folders = $data['folders'];
         }
-        else if (!$this->conn->connected()) {
-           return array();
+        else if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+           return null;
         }
         else {
             // Server supports LIST-EXTENDED, we can use selection options
-            $config = rcmail::get_instance()->config;
+            $config = rcube::get_instance()->config;
             // #1486225: Some dovecot versions returns wrong result using LIST-EXTENDED
             if (!$config->get('imap_force_lsub') && $this->get_capability('LIST-EXTENDED')) {
-                // This will also set mailbox options, LSUB doesn't do that
+                // This will also set folder options, LSUB doesn't do that
                 $a_folders = $this->conn->listMailboxes($root, $name,
                     NULL, array('SUBSCRIBED'));
 
                 // unsubscribe non-existent folders, remove from the list
-                if (is_array($a_folders) && $name == '*') {
+                // we can do this only when LIST response is available
+                if (is_array($a_folders) && $name == '*' && !empty($this->conn->data['LIST'])) {
                     foreach ($a_folders as $idx => $folder) {
-                        if ($this->conn->data['LIST'] && ($opts = $this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder])
+                        if (($opts = $this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder])
                             && in_array('\\NonExistent', $opts)
                         ) {
                             $this->conn->unsubscribe($folder);
@@ -3001,14 +2545,15 @@
             else {
                 $a_folders = $this->conn->listSubscribed($root, $name);
 
-                // unsubscribe non-existent folders, remove from the list
-                if (is_array($a_folders) && $name == '*') {
+                // unsubscribe non-existent folders, remove them from the list,
+                // we can do this only when LIST response is available
+                if (is_array($a_folders) && $name == '*' && !empty($this->conn->data['LIST'])) {
                     foreach ($a_folders as $idx => $folder) {
-                        if ($this->conn->data['LIST'] && ($opts = $this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder])
-                            && in_array('\\Noselect', $opts)
+                        if (!isset($this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder])
+                            || in_array('\\Noselect', $this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder])
                         ) {
                             // Some servers returns \Noselect for existing folders
-                            if (!$this->mailbox_exists($folder)) {
+                            if (!$this->folder_exists($folder)) {
                                 $this->conn->unsubscribe($folder);
                                 unset($a_folders[$idx]);
                             }
@@ -3022,27 +2567,38 @@
             $a_folders = array();
         }
 
-        // write mailboxlist to cache
-        $this->update_cache($cache_key, $a_folders);
-
         return $a_folders;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Get a list of all folders available on the IMAP server
+     * Get a list of all folders available on the server
      *
-     * @param string $root   IMAP root dir
-     * @param string  $name   Optional name pattern
-     * @param mixed   $filter Optional filter
+     * @param string  $root      IMAP root dir
+     * @param string  $name      Optional name pattern
+     * @param mixed   $filter    Optional filter
+     * @param string  $rights    Optional ACL requirements
+     * @param bool    $skip_sort Enable to return unsorted list (for better performance)
      *
      * @return array Indexed array with folder names
      */
-    function list_unsubscribed($root='', $name='*', $filter=null)
+    public function list_folders($root='', $name='*', $filter=null, $rights=null, $skip_sort=false)
     {
-        // @TODO: caching
-        // Give plugins a chance to provide a list of mailboxes
-        $data = rcmail::get_instance()->plugins->exec_hook('mailboxes_list',
+        $cache_key = $root.':'.$name;
+        if (!empty($filter)) {
+            $cache_key .= ':'.(is_string($filter) ? $filter : serialize($filter));
+        }
+        $cache_key .= ':'.$rights;
+        $cache_key = 'mailboxes.list.'.md5($cache_key);
+
+        // get cached folder list
+        $a_mboxes = $this->get_cache($cache_key);
+        if (is_array($a_mboxes)) {
+            return $a_mboxes;
+        }
+
+        // Give plugins a chance to provide a list of folders
+        $data = rcube::get_instance()->plugins->exec_hook('storage_folders',
             array('root' => $root, 'name' => $name, 'filter' => $filter, 'mode' => 'LIST'));
 
         if (isset($data['folders'])) {
@@ -3050,7 +2606,7 @@
         }
         else {
             // retrieve list of folders from IMAP server
-            $a_mboxes = $this->conn->listMailboxes($root, $name);
+            $a_mboxes = $this->_list_folders($root, $name);
         }
 
         if (!is_array($a_mboxes)) {
@@ -3062,10 +2618,110 @@
             array_unshift($a_mboxes, 'INBOX');
         }
 
+        // cache folder attributes
+        if ($root == '' && $name == '*' && empty($filter) && !empty($this->conn->data)) {
+            $this->update_cache('mailboxes.attributes', $this->conn->data['LIST']);
+        }
+
+        // filter folders list according to rights requirements
+        if ($rights && $this->get_capability('ACL')) {
+            $a_folders = $this->filter_rights($a_folders, $rights);
+        }
+
         // filter folders and sort them
-        $a_mboxes = $this->_sort_mailbox_list($a_mboxes);
+        if (!$skip_sort) {
+            $a_mboxes = $this->sort_folder_list($a_mboxes);
+        }
+
+        // write folders list to cache
+        $this->update_cache($cache_key, $a_mboxes);
 
         return $a_mboxes;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * protected method for folders listing (LIST)
+     *
+     * @param   string  $root   Optional root folder
+     * @param   string  $name   Optional name pattern
+     *
+     * @return  array   List of folders
+     * @see     rcube_imap::list_folders()
+     */
+    protected function _list_folders($root='', $name='*')
+    {
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $result = $this->conn->listMailboxes($root, $name);
+
+        if (!is_array($result)) {
+            return array();
+        }
+
+        // #1486796: some server configurations doesn't
+        // return folders in all namespaces, we'll try to detect that situation
+        // and ask for these namespaces separately
+        if ($root == '' && $name == '*') {
+            $delim     = $this->get_hierarchy_delimiter();
+            $namespace = $this->get_namespace();
+            $search    = array();
+
+            // build list of namespace prefixes
+            foreach ((array)$namespace as $ns) {
+                if (is_array($ns)) {
+                    foreach ($ns as $ns_data) {
+                        if (strlen($ns_data[0])) {
+                            $search[] = $ns_data[0];
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!empty($search)) {
+                // go through all folders detecting namespace usage
+                foreach ($result as $folder) {
+                    foreach ($search as $idx => $prefix) {
+                        if (strpos($folder, $prefix) === 0) {
+                            unset($search[$idx]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (empty($search)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // get folders in hidden namespaces and add to the result
+                foreach ($search as $prefix) {
+                    $list = $this->conn->listMailboxes($prefix, $name);
+
+                    if (!empty($list)) {
+                        $result = array_merge($result, $list);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Filter the given list of folders according to access rights
+     */
+    protected function filter_rights($a_folders, $rights)
+    {
+        $regex = '/('.$rights.')/';
+        foreach ($a_folders as $idx => $folder) {
+            $myrights = join('', (array)$this->my_rights($folder));
+            if ($myrights !== null && !preg_match($regex, $myrights)) {
+                unset($a_folders[$idx]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $a_folders;
     }
 
 
@@ -3075,85 +2731,92 @@
      *
      * @return mixed Quota info or False if not supported
      */
-    function get_quota()
+    public function get_quota()
     {
-        if ($this->get_capability('QUOTA'))
+        if ($this->get_capability('QUOTA') && $this->check_connection()) {
             return $this->conn->getQuota();
+        }
 
         return false;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Get mailbox size (size of all messages in a mailbox)
+     * Get folder size (size of all messages in a folder)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
-     * @return int Mailbox size in bytes, False on error
+     * @return int Folder size in bytes, False on error
      */
-    function get_mailbox_size($mailbox)
+    public function folder_size($folder)
     {
-        // @TODO: could we try to use QUOTA here?
-        $result = $this->conn->fetchHeaderIndex($mailbox, '1:*', 'SIZE', false);
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
 
-        if (is_array($result))
+        // @TODO: could we try to use QUOTA here?
+        $result = $this->conn->fetchHeaderIndex($folder, '1:*', 'SIZE', false);
+
+        if (is_array($result)) {
             $result = array_sum($result);
+        }
 
         return $result;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Subscribe to a specific mailbox(es)
+     * Subscribe to a specific folder(s)
      *
-     * @param array $a_mboxes Mailbox name(s)
+     * @param array $folders Folder name(s)
+     *
      * @return boolean True on success
      */
-    function subscribe($a_mboxes)
+    public function subscribe($folders)
     {
-        if (!is_array($a_mboxes))
-            $a_mboxes = array($a_mboxes);
-
         // let this common function do the main work
-        return $this->_change_subscription($a_mboxes, 'subscribe');
+        return $this->change_subscription($folders, 'subscribe');
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Unsubscribe mailboxes
+     * Unsubscribe folder(s)
      *
-     * @param array $a_mboxes Mailbox name(s)
+     * @param array $a_mboxes Folder name(s)
+     *
      * @return boolean True on success
      */
-    function unsubscribe($a_mboxes)
+    public function unsubscribe($folders)
     {
-        if (!is_array($a_mboxes))
-            $a_mboxes = array($a_mboxes);
-
         // let this common function do the main work
-        return $this->_change_subscription($a_mboxes, 'unsubscribe');
+        return $this->change_subscription($folders, 'unsubscribe');
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Create a new mailbox on the server and register it in local cache
+     * Create a new folder on the server and register it in local cache
      *
-     * @param string  $mailbox   New mailbox name
-     * @param boolean $subscribe True if the new mailbox should be subscribed
+     * @param string  $folder    New folder name
+     * @param boolean $subscribe True if the new folder should be subscribed
      *
      * @return boolean True on success
      */
-    function create_mailbox($mailbox, $subscribe=false)
+    public function create_folder($folder, $subscribe=false)
     {
-        $result = $this->conn->createFolder($mailbox);
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $result = $this->conn->createFolder($folder);
 
         // try to subscribe it
         if ($result) {
             // clear cache
             $this->clear_cache('mailboxes', true);
 
-            if ($subscribe)
-                $this->subscribe($mailbox);
+            if ($subscribe) {
+                $this->subscribe($folder);
+            }
         }
 
         return $result;
@@ -3161,45 +2824,49 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Set a new name to an existing mailbox
+     * Set a new name to an existing folder
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox  Mailbox to rename
-     * @param string $new_name New mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder   Folder to rename
+     * @param string $new_name New folder name
      *
      * @return boolean True on success
      */
-    function rename_mailbox($mailbox, $new_name)
+    public function rename_folder($folder, $new_name)
     {
         if (!strlen($new_name)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
             return false;
         }
 
         $delm = $this->get_hierarchy_delimiter();
 
         // get list of subscribed folders
-        if ((strpos($mailbox, '%') === false) && (strpos($mailbox, '*') === false)) {
-            $a_subscribed = $this->_list_mailboxes('', $mailbox . $delm . '*');
-            $subscribed   = $this->mailbox_exists($mailbox, true);
+        if ((strpos($folder, '%') === false) && (strpos($folder, '*') === false)) {
+            $a_subscribed = $this->_list_folders_subscribed('', $folder . $delm . '*');
+            $subscribed   = $this->folder_exists($folder, true);
         }
         else {
-            $a_subscribed = $this->_list_mailboxes();
-            $subscribed   = in_array($mailbox, $a_subscribed);
+            $a_subscribed = $this->_list_folders_subscribed();
+            $subscribed   = in_array($folder, $a_subscribed);
         }
 
-        $result = $this->conn->renameFolder($mailbox, $new_name);
+        $result = $this->conn->renameFolder($folder, $new_name);
 
         if ($result) {
             // unsubscribe the old folder, subscribe the new one
             if ($subscribed) {
-                $this->conn->unsubscribe($mailbox);
+                $this->conn->unsubscribe($folder);
                 $this->conn->subscribe($new_name);
             }
 
-            // check if mailbox children are subscribed
+            // check if folder children are subscribed
             foreach ($a_subscribed as $c_subscribed) {
-                if (preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($mailbox.$delm, '/').'/', $c_subscribed)) {
+                if (strpos($c_subscribed, $folder.$delm) === 0) {
                     $this->conn->unsubscribe($c_subscribed);
-                    $this->conn->subscribe(preg_replace('/^'.preg_quote($mailbox, '/').'/',
+                    $this->conn->subscribe(preg_replace('/^'.preg_quote($folder, '/').'/',
                         $new_name, $c_subscribed));
 
                     // clear cache
@@ -3208,7 +2875,7 @@
             }
 
             // clear cache
-            $this->clear_message_cache($mailbox);
+            $this->clear_message_cache($folder);
             $this->clear_cache('mailboxes', true);
         }
 
@@ -3217,31 +2884,37 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Remove mailbox from server
+     * Remove folder from server
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
      * @return boolean True on success
      */
-    function delete_mailbox($mailbox)
+    function delete_folder($folder)
     {
         $delm = $this->get_hierarchy_delimiter();
 
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // get list of folders
-        if ((strpos($mailbox, '%') === false) && (strpos($mailbox, '*') === false))
-            $sub_mboxes = $this->list_unsubscribed('', $mailbox . $delm . '*');
-        else
-            $sub_mboxes = $this->list_unsubscribed();
+        if ((strpos($folder, '%') === false) && (strpos($folder, '*') === false)) {
+            $sub_mboxes = $this->list_folders('', $folder . $delm . '*');
+        }
+        else {
+            $sub_mboxes = $this->list_folders();
+        }
 
         // send delete command to server
-        $result = $this->conn->deleteFolder($mailbox);
+        $result = $this->conn->deleteFolder($folder);
 
         if ($result) {
-            // unsubscribe mailbox
-            $this->conn->unsubscribe($mailbox);
+            // unsubscribe folder
+            $this->conn->unsubscribe($folder);
 
             foreach ($sub_mboxes as $c_mbox) {
-                if (preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($mailbox.$delm, '/').'/', $c_mbox)) {
+                if (strpos($c_mbox, $folder.$delm) === 0) {
                     $this->conn->unsubscribe($c_mbox);
                     if ($this->conn->deleteFolder($c_mbox)) {
 	                    $this->clear_message_cache($c_mbox);
@@ -3249,8 +2922,8 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            // clear mailbox-related cache
-            $this->clear_message_cache($mailbox);
+            // clear folder-related cache
+            $this->clear_message_cache($folder);
             $this->clear_cache('mailboxes', true);
         }
 
@@ -3261,14 +2934,16 @@
     /**
      * Create all folders specified as default
      */
-    function create_default_folders()
+    public function create_default_folders()
     {
         // create default folders if they do not exist
         foreach ($this->default_folders as $folder) {
-            if (!$this->mailbox_exists($folder))
-                $this->create_mailbox($folder, true);
-            else if (!$this->mailbox_exists($folder, true))
+            if (!$this->folder_exists($folder)) {
+                $this->create_folder($folder, true);
+            }
+            else if (!$this->folder_exists($folder, true)) {
                 $this->subscribe($folder);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -3276,31 +2951,36 @@
     /**
      * Checks if folder exists and is subscribed
      *
-     * @param string   $mailbox      Folder name
+     * @param string   $folder       Folder name
      * @param boolean  $subscription Enable subscription checking
      *
      * @return boolean TRUE or FALSE
      */
-    function mailbox_exists($mailbox, $subscription=false)
+    public function folder_exists($folder, $subscription=false)
     {
-        if ($mailbox == 'INBOX') {
+        if ($folder == 'INBOX') {
             return true;
         }
 
         $key  = $subscription ? 'subscribed' : 'existing';
 
-        if (is_array($this->icache[$key]) && in_array($mailbox, $this->icache[$key]))
+        if (is_array($this->icache[$key]) && in_array($folder, $this->icache[$key])) {
             return true;
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
         if ($subscription) {
-            $a_folders = $this->conn->listSubscribed('', $mailbox);
+            $a_folders = $this->conn->listSubscribed('', $folder);
         }
         else {
-            $a_folders = $this->conn->listMailboxes('', $mailbox);
+            $a_folders = $this->conn->listMailboxes('', $folder);
         }
 
-        if (is_array($a_folders) && in_array($mailbox, $a_folders)) {
-            $this->icache[$key][] = $mailbox;
+        if (is_array($a_folders) && in_array($folder, $a_folders)) {
+            $this->icache[$key][] = $folder;
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -3311,23 +2991,22 @@
     /**
      * Returns the namespace where the folder is in
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
      * @return string One of 'personal', 'other' or 'shared'
-     * @access public
      */
-    function mailbox_namespace($mailbox)
+    public function folder_namespace($folder)
     {
-        if ($mailbox == 'INBOX') {
+        if ($folder == 'INBOX') {
             return 'personal';
         }
 
         foreach ($this->namespace as $type => $namespace) {
             if (is_array($namespace)) {
                 foreach ($namespace as $ns) {
-                    if (strlen($ns[0])) {
-                        if ((strlen($ns[0])>1 && $mailbox == substr($ns[0], 0, -1))
-                            || strpos($mailbox, $ns[0]) === 0
+                    if ($len = strlen($ns[0])) {
+                        if (($len > 1 && $folder == substr($ns[0], 0, -1))
+                            || strpos($folder, $ns[0]) === 0
                         ) {
                             return $type;
                         }
@@ -3346,95 +3025,106 @@
      * For input it adds the prefix. Use it before creating a folder in root
      * of the folders tree.
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      * @param string $mode    Mode name (out/in)
      *
      * @return string Folder name
      */
-    function mod_mailbox($mailbox, $mode = 'out')
+    public function mod_folder($folder, $mode = 'out')
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            return $mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            return $folder;
         }
 
         $prefix     = $this->namespace['prefix']; // see set_env()
         $prefix_len = strlen($prefix);
 
         if (!$prefix_len) {
-            return $mailbox;
+            return $folder;
         }
 
         // remove prefix for output
         if ($mode == 'out') {
-            if (substr($mailbox, 0, $prefix_len) === $prefix) {
-                return substr($mailbox, $prefix_len);
+            if (substr($folder, 0, $prefix_len) === $prefix) {
+                return substr($folder, $prefix_len);
             }
         }
         // add prefix for input (e.g. folder creation)
         else {
-            return $prefix . $mailbox;
+            return $prefix . $folder;
         }
 
-        return $mailbox;
+        return $folder;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Gets folder options from LIST response, e.g. \Noselect, \Noinferiors
+     * Gets folder attributes from LIST response, e.g. \Noselect, \Noinferiors
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
-     * @param bool   $force   Set to True if options should be refreshed
-     *                        Options are available after LIST command only
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
+     * @param bool   $force   Set to True if attributes should be refreshed
      *
      * @return array Options list
      */
-    function mailbox_options($mailbox, $force=false)
+    public function folder_attributes($folder, $force=false)
     {
-        if ($mailbox == 'INBOX') {
-            return array();
+        // get attributes directly from LIST command
+        if (!empty($this->conn->data['LIST']) && is_array($this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder])) {
+            $opts = $this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder];
+        }
+        // get cached folder attributes
+        else if (!$force) {
+            $opts = $this->get_cache('mailboxes.attributes');
+            $opts = $opts[$folder];
         }
 
-        if (!is_array($this->conn->data['LIST']) || !is_array($this->conn->data['LIST'][$mailbox])) {
-            if ($force) {
-                $this->conn->listMailboxes('', $mailbox);
-            }
-            else {
+        if (!is_array($opts)) {
+            if (!$this->check_connection()) {
                 return array();
             }
-        }
 
-        $opts = $this->conn->data['LIST'][$mailbox];
+            $this->conn->listMailboxes('', $folder);
+            $opts = $this->conn->data['LIST'][$folder];
+        }
 
         return is_array($opts) ? $opts : array();
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Gets connection (and current mailbox) data: UIDVALIDITY, EXISTS, RECENT,
+     * Gets connection (and current folder) data: UIDVALIDITY, EXISTS, RECENT,
      * PERMANENTFLAGS, UIDNEXT, UNSEEN
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
      * @return array Data
      */
-    function mailbox_data($mailbox)
+    public function folder_data($folder)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox))
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox !== null ? $this->mailbox : 'INBOX';
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder !== null ? $this->folder : 'INBOX';
+        }
 
-        if ($this->conn->selected != $mailbox) {
-            if ($this->conn->select($mailbox))
-                $this->mailbox = $mailbox;
-            else
+        if ($this->conn->selected != $folder) {
+            if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+                return array();
+            }
+
+            if ($this->conn->select($folder)) {
+                $this->folder = $folder;
+            }
+            else {
                 return null;
+            }
         }
 
         $data = $this->conn->data;
 
         // add (E)SEARCH result for ALL UNDELETED query
-        if (!empty($this->icache['undeleted_idx']) && $this->icache['undeleted_idx'][0] == $mailbox) {
-            $data['ALL_UNDELETED']   = $this->icache['undeleted_idx'][1];
-            $data['COUNT_UNDELETED'] = $this->icache['undeleted_idx'][2];
+        if (!empty($this->icache['undeleted_idx'])
+            && $this->icache['undeleted_idx']->get_parameters('MAILBOX') == $folder
+        ) {
+            $data['UNDELETED'] = $this->icache['undeleted_idx'];
         }
 
         return $data;
@@ -3444,13 +3134,13 @@
     /**
      * Returns extended information about the folder
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
      * @return array Data
      */
-    function mailbox_info($mailbox)
+    public function folder_info($folder)
     {
-        if ($this->icache['options'] && $this->icache['options']['name'] == $mailbox) {
+        if ($this->icache['options'] && $this->icache['options']['name'] == $folder) {
             return $this->icache['options'];
         }
 
@@ -3460,7 +3150,7 @@
 
         // check if the folder is a namespace prefix
         if (!empty($namespace)) {
-            $mbox = $mailbox . $this->delimiter;
+            $mbox = $folder . $this->delimiter;
             foreach ($namespace as $ns) {
                 if (!empty($ns)) {
                     foreach ($ns as $item) {
@@ -3474,7 +3164,7 @@
         }
         // check if the folder is other user virtual-root
         if (!$options['is_root'] && !empty($namespace) && !empty($namespace['other'])) {
-            $parts = explode($this->delimiter, $mailbox);
+            $parts = explode($this->delimiter, $folder);
             if (count($parts) == 2) {
                 $mbox = $parts[0] . $this->delimiter;
                 foreach ($namespace['other'] as $item) {
@@ -3486,17 +3176,17 @@
             }
         }
 
-        $options['name']      = $mailbox;
-        $options['options']   = $this->mailbox_options($mailbox, true);
-        $options['namespace'] = $this->mailbox_namespace($mailbox);
-        $options['rights']    = $acl && !$options['is_root'] ? (array)$this->my_rights($mailbox) : array();
-        $options['special']   = in_array($mailbox, $this->default_folders);
+        $options['name']       = $folder;
+        $options['attributes'] = $this->folder_attributes($folder, true);
+        $options['namespace']  = $this->folder_namespace($folder);
+        $options['rights']     = $acl && !$options['is_root'] ? (array)$this->my_rights($folder) : array();
+        $options['special']    = in_array($folder, $this->default_folders);
 
         // Set 'noselect' and 'norename' flags
-        if (is_array($options['options'])) {
-            foreach ($options['options'] as $opt) {
-                $opt = strtolower($opt);
-                if ($opt == '\noselect' || $opt == '\nonexistent') {
+        if (is_array($options['attributes'])) {
+            foreach ($options['attributes'] as $attrib) {
+                $attrib = strtolower($attrib);
+                if ($attrib == '\noselect' || $attrib == '\nonexistent') {
                     $options['noselect'] = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -3525,12 +3215,12 @@
     /**
      * Synchronizes messages cache.
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      */
-    public function mailbox_sync($mailbox)
+    public function folder_sync($folder)
     {
         if ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()) {
-            $mcache->synchronize($mailbox);
+            $mcache->synchronize($folder);
         }
     }
 
@@ -3540,13 +3230,19 @@
      *
      * @return string Space-separated list of header names
      */
-    private function get_fetch_headers()
+    protected function get_fetch_headers()
     {
-        $headers = explode(' ', $this->fetch_add_headers);
-        $headers = array_map('strtoupper', $headers);
+        if (!empty($this->options['fetch_headers'])) {
+            $headers = explode(' ', $this->options['fetch_headers']);
+            $headers = array_map('strtoupper', $headers);
+        }
+        else {
+            $headers = array();
+        }
 
-        if ($this->messages_caching || $this->get_all_headers)
+        if ($this->messages_caching || $this->options['all_headers']) {
             $headers = array_merge($headers, $this->all_headers);
+        }
 
         return implode(' ', array_unique($headers));
     }
@@ -3557,128 +3253,149 @@
      * ----------------------------------------*/
 
     /**
-     * Changes the ACL on the specified mailbox (SETACL)
+     * Changes the ACL on the specified folder (SETACL)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name
      * @param string $user    User name
      * @param string $acl     ACL string
      *
      * @return boolean True on success, False on failure
-     *
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function set_acl($mailbox, $user, $acl)
+    public function set_acl($folder, $user, $acl)
     {
-        if ($this->get_capability('ACL'))
-            return $this->conn->setACL($mailbox, $user, $acl);
+        if (!$this->get_capability('ACL')) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-        return false;
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->conn->setACL($folder, $user, $acl);
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Removes any <identifier,rights> pair for the
      * specified user from the ACL for the specified
-     * mailbox (DELETEACL)
+     * folder (DELETEACL)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name
      * @param string $user    User name
      *
      * @return boolean True on success, False on failure
-     *
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function delete_acl($mailbox, $user)
+    public function delete_acl($folder, $user)
     {
-        if ($this->get_capability('ACL'))
-            return $this->conn->deleteACL($mailbox, $user);
+        if (!$this->get_capability('ACL')) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-        return false;
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->conn->deleteACL($folder, $user);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns the access control list for mailbox (GETACL)
+     * Returns the access control list for folder (GETACL)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
      * @return array User-rights array on success, NULL on error
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function get_acl($mailbox)
+    public function get_acl($folder)
     {
-        if ($this->get_capability('ACL'))
-            return $this->conn->getACL($mailbox);
+        if (!$this->get_capability('ACL')) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-        return NULL;
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->conn->getACL($folder);
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Returns information about what rights can be granted to the
-     * user (identifier) in the ACL for the mailbox (LISTRIGHTS)
+     * user (identifier) in the ACL for the folder (LISTRIGHTS)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name
      * @param string $user    User name
      *
      * @return array List of user rights
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function list_rights($mailbox, $user)
+    public function list_rights($folder, $user)
     {
-        if ($this->get_capability('ACL'))
-            return $this->conn->listRights($mailbox, $user);
+        if (!$this->get_capability('ACL')) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-        return NULL;
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->conn->listRights($folder, $user);
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Returns the set of rights that the current user has to
-     * mailbox (MYRIGHTS)
+     * folder (MYRIGHTS)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      *
      * @return array MYRIGHTS response on success, NULL on error
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function my_rights($mailbox)
+    public function my_rights($folder)
     {
-        if ($this->get_capability('ACL'))
-            return $this->conn->myRights($mailbox);
+        if (!$this->get_capability('ACL')) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-        return NULL;
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->conn->myRights($folder);
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Sets IMAP metadata/annotations (SETMETADATA/SETANNOTATION)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name (empty for server metadata)
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name (empty for server metadata)
      * @param array  $entries Entry-value array (use NULL value as NIL)
      *
      * @return boolean True on success, False on failure
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function set_metadata($mailbox, $entries)
+    public function set_metadata($folder, $entries)
     {
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if ($this->get_capability('METADATA') ||
-            (!strlen($mailbox) && $this->get_capability('METADATA-SERVER'))
+            (!strlen($folder) && $this->get_capability('METADATA-SERVER'))
         ) {
-            return $this->conn->setMetadata($mailbox, $entries);
+            return $this->conn->setMetadata($folder, $entries);
         }
         else if ($this->get_capability('ANNOTATEMORE') || $this->get_capability('ANNOTATEMORE2')) {
             foreach ((array)$entries as $entry => $value) {
                 list($ent, $attr) = $this->md2annotate($entry);
                 $entries[$entry] = array($ent, $attr, $value);
             }
-            return $this->conn->setAnnotation($mailbox, $entries);
+            return $this->conn->setAnnotation($folder, $entries);
         }
 
         return false;
@@ -3688,27 +3405,29 @@
     /**
      * Unsets IMAP metadata/annotations (SETMETADATA/SETANNOTATION)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name (empty for server metadata)
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name (empty for server metadata)
      * @param array  $entries Entry names array
      *
      * @return boolean True on success, False on failure
-     *
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function delete_metadata($mailbox, $entries)
+    public function delete_metadata($folder, $entries)
     {
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if ($this->get_capability('METADATA') || 
-            (!strlen($mailbox) && $this->get_capability('METADATA-SERVER'))
+            (!strlen($folder) && $this->get_capability('METADATA-SERVER'))
         ) {
-            return $this->conn->deleteMetadata($mailbox, $entries);
+            return $this->conn->deleteMetadata($folder, $entries);
         }
         else if ($this->get_capability('ANNOTATEMORE') || $this->get_capability('ANNOTATEMORE2')) {
             foreach ((array)$entries as $idx => $entry) {
                 list($ent, $attr) = $this->md2annotate($entry);
                 $entries[$idx] = array($ent, $attr, NULL);
             }
-            return $this->conn->setAnnotation($mailbox, $entries);
+            return $this->conn->setAnnotation($folder, $entries);
         }
 
         return false;
@@ -3718,21 +3437,23 @@
     /**
      * Returns IMAP metadata/annotations (GETMETADATA/GETANNOTATION)
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Mailbox name (empty for server metadata)
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name (empty for server metadata)
      * @param array  $entries Entries
      * @param array  $options Command options (with MAXSIZE and DEPTH keys)
      *
      * @return array Metadata entry-value hash array on success, NULL on error
-     *
-     * @access public
      * @since 0.5-beta
      */
-    function get_metadata($mailbox, $entries, $options=array())
+    public function get_metadata($folder, $entries, $options=array())
     {
-        if ($this->get_capability('METADATA') || 
-            (!strlen($mailbox) && $this->get_capability('METADATA-SERVER'))
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if ($this->get_capability('METADATA') ||
+            (!strlen($folder) && $this->get_capability('METADATA-SERVER'))
         ) {
-            return $this->conn->getMetadata($mailbox, $entries, $options);
+            return $this->conn->getMetadata($folder, $entries, $options);
         }
         else if ($this->get_capability('ANNOTATEMORE') || $this->get_capability('ANNOTATEMORE2')) {
             $queries = array();
@@ -3745,14 +3466,16 @@
             }
 
             // @TODO: Honor MAXSIZE and DEPTH options
-            foreach ($queries as $attrib => $entry)
-                if ($result = $this->conn->getAnnotation($mailbox, $entry, $attrib))
-                    $res = array_merge($res, $result);
+            foreach ($queries as $attrib => $entry) {
+                if ($result = $this->conn->getAnnotation($folder, $entry, $attrib)) {
+                    $res = array_merge_recursive($res, $result);
+                }
+            }
 
             return $res;
         }
 
-        return NULL;
+        return null;
     }
 
 
@@ -3764,7 +3487,7 @@
      *
      * @return array Entry-attribute list, NULL if not supported (?)
      */
-    private function md2annotate($entry)
+    protected function md2annotate($entry)
     {
         if (substr($entry, 0, 7) == '/shared') {
             return array(substr($entry, 7), 'value.shared');
@@ -3774,7 +3497,7 @@
         }
 
         // @TODO: log error
-        return NULL;
+        return null;
     }
 
 
@@ -3785,17 +3508,17 @@
     /**
      * Enable or disable indexes caching
      *
-     * @param string $type Cache type (@see rcmail::get_cache)
-     * @access public
+     * @param string $type Cache type (@see rcube::get_cache)
      */
-    function set_caching($type)
+    public function set_caching($type)
     {
         if ($type) {
             $this->caching = $type;
         }
         else {
-            if ($this->cache)
+            if ($this->cache) {
                 $this->cache->close();
+            }
             $this->cache   = null;
             $this->caching = false;
         }
@@ -3804,11 +3527,12 @@
     /**
      * Getter for IMAP cache object
      */
-    private function get_cache_engine()
+    protected function get_cache_engine()
     {
         if ($this->caching && !$this->cache) {
-            $rcmail = rcmail::get_instance();
-            $this->cache = $rcmail->get_cache('IMAP', $this->caching);
+            $rcube = rcube::get_instance();
+            $ttl = $rcube->config->get('message_cache_lifetime', '10d') - mktime();
+            $this->cache = $rcube->get_cache('IMAP', $this->caching, $ttl);
         }
 
         return $this->cache;
@@ -3818,10 +3542,10 @@
      * Returns cached value
      *
      * @param string $key Cache key
+     *
      * @return mixed
-     * @access public
      */
-    function get_cache($key)
+    public function get_cache($key)
     {
         if ($cache = $this->get_cache_engine()) {
             return $cache->get($key);
@@ -3833,9 +3557,8 @@
      *
      * @param string $key  Cache key
      * @param mixed  $data Data
-     * @access public
      */
-    function update_cache($key, $data)
+    public function update_cache($key, $data)
     {
         if ($cache = $this->get_cache_engine()) {
             $cache->set($key, $data);
@@ -3848,12 +3571,26 @@
      * @param string  $key         Cache key name or pattern
      * @param boolean $prefix_mode Enable it to clear all keys starting
      *                             with prefix specified in $key
-     * @access public
      */
-    function clear_cache($key=null, $prefix_mode=false)
+    public function clear_cache($key = null, $prefix_mode = false)
     {
         if ($cache = $this->get_cache_engine()) {
             $cache->remove($key, $prefix_mode);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete outdated cache entries
+     */
+    public function expunge_cache()
+    {
+        if ($this->mcache) {
+            $ttl = rcube::get_instance()->config->get('message_cache_lifetime', '10d');
+            $this->mcache->expunge($ttl);
+        }
+
+        if ($this->cache) {
+            $this->cache->expunge();
         }
     }
 
@@ -3867,266 +3604,54 @@
      *
      * @param boolean $set Flag
      */
-    function set_messages_caching($set)
+    public function set_messages_caching($set)
     {
         if ($set) {
             $this->messages_caching = true;
         }
         else {
-            if ($this->mcache)
+            if ($this->mcache) {
                 $this->mcache->close();
+            }
             $this->mcache = null;
             $this->messages_caching = false;
         }
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Getter for messages cache object
      */
-    private function get_mcache_engine()
+    protected function get_mcache_engine()
     {
         if ($this->messages_caching && !$this->mcache) {
-            $rcmail = rcmail::get_instance();
-            if ($dbh = $rcmail->get_dbh()) {
+            $rcube = rcube::get_instance();
+            if ($dbh = $rcube->get_dbh()) {
                 $this->mcache = new rcube_imap_cache(
-                    $dbh, $this, $rcmail->user->ID, $this->skip_deleted);
+                    $dbh, $this, $rcube->get_user_id(), $this->options['skip_deleted']);
             }
         }
 
         return $this->mcache;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Clears the messages cache.
      *
-     * @param string $mailbox Folder name
+     * @param string $folder Folder name
      * @param array  $uids    Optional message UIDs to remove from cache
      */
-    function clear_message_cache($mailbox = null, $uids = null)
+    protected function clear_message_cache($folder = null, $uids = null)
     {
         if ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()) {
-            $mcache->clear($mailbox, $uids);
+            $mcache->clear($folder, $uids);
         }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /* --------------------------------
-     *   encoding/decoding methods
-     * --------------------------------*/
-
-    /**
-     * Split an address list into a structured array list
-     *
-     * @param string  $input  Input string
-     * @param int     $max    List only this number of addresses
-     * @param boolean $decode Decode address strings
-     * @return array  Indexed list of addresses
-     */
-    function decode_address_list($input, $max=null, $decode=true)
-    {
-        $a = $this->_parse_address_list($input, $decode);
-        $out = array();
-        // Special chars as defined by RFC 822 need to in quoted string (or escaped).
-        $special_chars = '[\(\)\<\>\\\.\[\]@,;:"]';
-
-        if (!is_array($a))
-            return $out;
-
-        $c = count($a);
-        $j = 0;
-
-        foreach ($a as $val) {
-            $j++;
-            $address = trim($val['address']);
-            $name    = trim($val['name']);
-
-            if ($name && $address && $name != $address)
-                $string = sprintf('%s <%s>', preg_match("/$special_chars/", $name) ? '"'.addcslashes($name, '"').'"' : $name, $address);
-            else if ($address)
-                $string = $address;
-            else if ($name)
-                $string = $name;
-
-            $out[$j] = array(
-                'name'   => $name,
-                'mailto' => $address,
-                'string' => $string
-            );
-
-            if ($max && $j==$max)
-                break;
-        }
-
-        return $out;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Decode a message header value
-     *
-     * @param string  $input         Header value
-     * @param boolean $remove_quotas Remove quotes if necessary
-     * @return string Decoded string
-     */
-    function decode_header($input, $remove_quotes=false)
-    {
-        $str = rcube_imap::decode_mime_string((string)$input, $this->default_charset);
-        if ($str[0] == '"' && $remove_quotes)
-            $str = str_replace('"', '', $str);
-
-        return $str;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Decode a mime-encoded string to internal charset
-     *
-     * @param string $input    Header value
-     * @param string $fallback Fallback charset if none specified
-     *
-     * @return string Decoded string
-     * @static
-     */
-    public static function decode_mime_string($input, $fallback=null)
-    {
-        if (!empty($fallback)) {
-            $default_charset = $fallback;
-        }
-        else {
-            $default_charset = rcmail::get_instance()->config->get('default_charset', 'ISO-8859-1');
-        }
-
-        // rfc: all line breaks or other characters not found
-        // in the Base64 Alphabet must be ignored by decoding software
-        // delete all blanks between MIME-lines, differently we can
-        // receive unnecessary blanks and broken utf-8 symbols
-        $input = preg_replace("/\?=\s+=\?/", '?==?', $input);
-
-        // encoded-word regexp
-        $re = '/=\?([^?]+)\?([BbQq])\?([^?\n]*)\?=/';
-
-        // Find all RFC2047's encoded words
-        if (preg_match_all($re, $input, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE | PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
-            // Initialize variables
-            $tmp   = array();
-            $out   = '';
-            $start = 0;
-
-            foreach ($matches as $idx => $m) {
-                $pos      = $m[0][1];
-                $charset  = $m[1][0];
-                $encoding = $m[2][0];
-                $text     = $m[3][0];
-                $length   = strlen($m[0][0]);
-
-                // Append everything that is before the text to be decoded
-                if ($start != $pos) {
-                    $substr = substr($input, $start, $pos-$start);
-                    $out   .= rcube_charset_convert($substr, $default_charset);
-                    $start  = $pos;
-                }
-                $start += $length;
-
-                // Per RFC2047, each string part "MUST represent an integral number
-                // of characters . A multi-octet character may not be split across
-                // adjacent encoded-words." However, some mailers break this, so we
-                // try to handle characters spanned across parts anyway by iterating
-                // through and aggregating sequential encoded parts with the same
-                // character set and encoding, then perform the decoding on the
-                // aggregation as a whole.
-
-                $tmp[] = $text;
-                if ($next_match = $matches[$idx+1]) {
-                    if ($next_match[0][1] == $start
-                        && $next_match[1][0] == $charset
-                        && $next_match[2][0] == $encoding
-                    ) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                $count = count($tmp);
-                $text  = '';
-
-                // Decode and join encoded-word's chunks
-                if ($encoding == 'B' || $encoding == 'b') {
-                    // base64 must be decoded a segment at a time
-                    for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++)
-                        $text .= base64_decode($tmp[$i]);
-                }
-                else { //if ($encoding == 'Q' || $encoding == 'q') {
-                    // quoted printable can be combined and processed at once
-                    for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++)
-                        $text .= $tmp[$i];
-
-                    $text = str_replace('_', ' ', $text);
-                    $text = quoted_printable_decode($text);
-                }
-
-                $out .= rcube_charset_convert($text, $charset);
-                $tmp = array();
-            }
-
-            // add the last part of the input string
-            if ($start != strlen($input)) {
-                $out .= rcube_charset_convert(substr($input, $start), $default_charset);
-            }
-
-            // return the results
-            return $out;
-        }
-
-        // no encoding information, use fallback
-        return rcube_charset_convert($input, $default_charset);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Decode a mime part
-     *
-     * @param string $input    Input string
-     * @param string $encoding Part encoding
-     * @return string Decoded string
-     */
-    function mime_decode($input, $encoding='7bit')
-    {
-        switch (strtolower($encoding)) {
-        case 'quoted-printable':
-            return quoted_printable_decode($input);
-        case 'base64':
-            return base64_decode($input);
-        case 'x-uuencode':
-        case 'x-uue':
-        case 'uue':
-        case 'uuencode':
-            return convert_uudecode($input);
-        case '7bit':
-        default:
-            return $input;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Convert body charset to RCMAIL_CHARSET according to the ctype_parameters
-     *
-     * @param string $body        Part body to decode
-     * @param string $ctype_param Charset to convert from
-     * @return string Content converted to internal charset
-     */
-    function charset_decode($body, $ctype_param)
-    {
-        if (is_array($ctype_param) && !empty($ctype_param['charset']))
-            return rcube_charset_convert($body, $ctype_param['charset']);
-
-        // defaults to what is specified in the class header
-        return rcube_charset_convert($body,  $this->default_charset);
     }
 
 
     /* --------------------------------
-     *         private methods
+     *         protected methods
      * --------------------------------*/
 
     /**
@@ -4134,24 +3659,24 @@
      *
      * @param string $sort_field Sort column
      * @param string $sort_order Sort order
-     * @access private
      */
-    private function _set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order)
+    protected function set_sort_order($sort_field, $sort_order)
     {
-        if ($sort_field != null)
+        if ($sort_field != null) {
             $this->sort_field = asciiwords($sort_field);
-        if ($sort_order != null)
+        }
+        if ($sort_order != null) {
             $this->sort_order = strtoupper($sort_order) == 'DESC' ? 'DESC' : 'ASC';
+        }
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Sort mailboxes first by default folders and then in alphabethical order
+     * Sort folders first by default folders and then in alphabethical order
      *
-     * @param array $a_folders Mailboxes list
-     * @access private
+     * @param array $a_folders Folders list
      */
-    private function _sort_mailbox_list($a_folders)
+    protected function sort_folder_list($a_folders)
     {
         $a_out = $a_defaults = $folders = array();
 
@@ -4159,13 +3684,16 @@
 
         // find default folders and skip folders starting with '.'
         foreach ($a_folders as $i => $folder) {
-            if ($folder[0] == '.')
+            if ($folder[0] == '.') {
                 continue;
+            }
 
-            if (($p = array_search($folder, $this->default_folders)) !== false && !$a_defaults[$p])
+            if (($p = array_search($folder, $this->default_folders)) !== false && !$a_defaults[$p]) {
                 $a_defaults[$p] = $folder;
-            else
-                $folders[$folder] = rcube_charset_convert($folder, 'UTF7-IMAP');
+            }
+            else {
+                $folders[$folder] = rcube_charset::convert($folder, 'UTF7-IMAP');
+            }
         }
 
         // sort folders and place defaults on the top
@@ -4181,7 +3709,7 @@
             // set the type of folder name variable (#1485527)
             $a_out[] = (string) $folder;
             unset($folders[$key]);
-            $this->_rsort($folder, $delimiter, $folders, $a_out);
+            $this->rsort($folder, $delimiter, $folders, $a_out);
         }
 
         return $a_out;
@@ -4189,16 +3717,16 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * @access private
+     * Recursive method for sorting folders
      */
-    private function _rsort($folder, $delimiter, &$list, &$out)
+    protected function rsort($folder, $delimiter, &$list, &$out)
     {
         while (list($key, $name) = each($list)) {
 	        if (strpos($name, $folder.$delimiter) === 0) {
 	            // set the type of folder name variable (#1485527)
     	        $out[] = (string) $name;
 	            unset($list[$key]);
-	            $this->_rsort($name, $delimiter, $list, $out);
+	            $this->rsort($name, $delimiter, $list, $out);
 	        }
         }
         reset($list);
@@ -4206,86 +3734,60 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Finds message sequence ID for specified UID
-     *
-     * @param int    $uid      Message UID
-     * @param string $mailbox  Mailbox name
-     * @param bool   $force    True to skip cache
-     *
-     * @return int Message (sequence) ID
-     */
-    function uid2id($uid, $mailbox = null, $force = false)
-    {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
-        }
-
-        if (!empty($this->uid_id_map[$mailbox][$uid])) {
-            return $this->uid_id_map[$mailbox][$uid];
-        }
-
-        if (!$force && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()))
-            $id = $mcache->uid2id($mailbox, $uid);
-
-        if (empty($id))
-            $id = $this->conn->UID2ID($mailbox, $uid);
-
-        $this->uid_id_map[$mailbox][$uid] = $id;
-
-        return $id;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
      * Find UID of the specified message sequence ID
      *
      * @param int    $id       Message (sequence) ID
-     * @param string $mailbox  Mailbox name
-     * @param bool   $force    True to skip cache
+     * @param string $folder   Folder name
      *
      * @return int Message UID
      */
-    function id2uid($id, $mailbox = null, $force = false)
+    public function id2uid($id, $folder = null)
     {
-        if (!strlen($mailbox)) {
-            $mailbox = $this->mailbox;
+        if (!strlen($folder)) {
+            $folder = $this->folder;
         }
 
-        if ($uid = array_search($id, (array)$this->uid_id_map[$mailbox])) {
+        if ($uid = array_search($id, (array)$this->uid_id_map[$folder])) {
             return $uid;
         }
 
-        if (!$force && ($mcache = $this->get_mcache_engine()))
-            $uid = $mcache->id2uid($mailbox, $id);
+        if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-        if (empty($uid))
-            $uid = $this->conn->ID2UID($mailbox, $id);
+        $uid = $this->conn->ID2UID($folder, $id);
 
-        $this->uid_id_map[$mailbox][$uid] = $id;
+        $this->uid_id_map[$folder][$uid] = $id;
 
         return $uid;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Subscribe/unsubscribe a list of mailboxes and update local cache
-     * @access private
+     * Subscribe/unsubscribe a list of folders and update local cache
      */
-    private function _change_subscription($a_mboxes, $mode)
+    protected function change_subscription($folders, $mode)
     {
         $updated = false;
 
-        if (is_array($a_mboxes))
-            foreach ($a_mboxes as $i => $mailbox) {
-                $a_mboxes[$i] = $mailbox;
-
-                if ($mode == 'subscribe')
-                    $updated = $this->conn->subscribe($mailbox);
-                else if ($mode == 'unsubscribe')
-                    $updated = $this->conn->unsubscribe($mailbox);
+        if (!empty($folders)) {
+            if (!$this->check_connection()) {
+                return false;
             }
 
-        // clear cached mailbox list(s)
+            foreach ((array)$folders as $i => $folder) {
+                $folders[$i] = $folder;
+
+                if ($mode == 'subscribe') {
+                    $updated = $this->conn->subscribe($folder);
+                }
+                else if ($mode == 'unsubscribe') {
+                    $updated = $this->conn->unsubscribe($folder);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // clear cached folders list(s)
         if ($updated) {
             $this->clear_cache('mailboxes', true);
         }
@@ -4295,203 +3797,52 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Increde/decrese messagecount for a specific mailbox
-     * @access private
+     * Increde/decrese messagecount for a specific folder
      */
-    private function _set_messagecount($mailbox, $mode, $increment)
+    protected function set_messagecount($folder, $mode, $increment)
     {
-        $mode = strtoupper($mode);
-        $a_mailbox_cache = $this->get_cache('messagecount');
-
-        if (!is_array($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox]) || !isset($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode]) || !is_numeric($increment))
+        if (!is_numeric($increment)) {
             return false;
+        }
+
+        $mode = strtoupper($mode);
+        $a_folder_cache = $this->get_cache('messagecount');
+
+        if (!is_array($a_folder_cache[$folder]) || !isset($a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode])) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
         // add incremental value to messagecount
-        $a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode] += $increment;
+        $a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode] += $increment;
 
         // there's something wrong, delete from cache
-        if ($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode] < 0)
-            unset($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode]);
+        if ($a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode] < 0) {
+            unset($a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode]);
+        }
 
         // write back to cache
-        $this->update_cache('messagecount', $a_mailbox_cache);
+        $this->update_cache('messagecount', $a_folder_cache);
 
         return true;
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Remove messagecount of a specific mailbox from cache
-     * @access private
+     * Remove messagecount of a specific folder from cache
      */
-    private function _clear_messagecount($mailbox, $mode=null)
+    protected function clear_messagecount($folder, $mode=null)
     {
-        $a_mailbox_cache = $this->get_cache('messagecount');
+        $a_folder_cache = $this->get_cache('messagecount');
 
-        if (is_array($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox])) {
+        if (is_array($a_folder_cache[$folder])) {
             if ($mode) {
-                unset($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox][$mode]);
+                unset($a_folder_cache[$folder][$mode]);
             }
             else {
-                unset($a_mailbox_cache[$mailbox]);
+                unset($a_folder_cache[$folder]);
             }
-            $this->update_cache('messagecount', $a_mailbox_cache);
+            $this->update_cache('messagecount', $a_folder_cache);
         }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Split RFC822 header string into an associative array
-     * @access private
-     */
-    private function _parse_headers($headers)
-    {
-        $a_headers = array();
-        $headers = preg_replace('/\r?\n(\t| )+/', ' ', $headers);
-        $lines = explode("\n", $headers);
-        $c = count($lines);
-
-        for ($i=0; $i<$c; $i++) {
-            if ($p = strpos($lines[$i], ': ')) {
-                $field = strtolower(substr($lines[$i], 0, $p));
-                $value = trim(substr($lines[$i], $p+1));
-                if (!empty($value))
-                    $a_headers[$field] = $value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $a_headers;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @access private
-     */
-    private function _parse_address_list($str, $decode=true)
-    {
-        // remove any newlines and carriage returns before
-        $str = preg_replace('/\r?\n(\s|\t)?/', ' ', $str);
-
-        // extract list items, remove comments
-        $str = self::explode_header_string(',;', $str, true);
-        $result = array();
-
-        // simplified regexp, supporting quoted local part
-        $email_rx = '(\S+|("\s*(?:[^"\f\n\r\t\v\b\s]+\s*)+"))@\S+';
-
-        foreach ($str as $key => $val) {
-            $name    = '';
-            $address = '';
-            $val     = trim($val);
-
-            if (preg_match('/(.*)<('.$email_rx.')>$/', $val, $m)) {
-                $address = $m[2];
-                $name    = trim($m[1]);
-            }
-            else if (preg_match('/^('.$email_rx.')$/', $val, $m)) {
-                $address = $m[1];
-                $name    = '';
-            }
-            else {
-                $name = $val;
-            }
-
-            // dequote and/or decode name
-            if ($name) {
-                if ($name[0] == '"' && $name[strlen($name)-1] == '"') {
-                    $name = substr($name, 1, -1);
-                    $name = stripslashes($name);
-                }
-                if ($decode) {
-                    $name = $this->decode_header($name);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (!$address && $name) {
-                $address = $name;
-            }
-
-            if ($address) {
-                $result[$key] = array('name' => $name, 'address' => $address);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $result;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Explodes header (e.g. address-list) string into array of strings
-     * using specified separator characters with proper handling
-     * of quoted-strings and comments (RFC2822)
-     *
-     * @param string $separator       String containing separator characters
-     * @param string $str             Header string
-     * @param bool   $remove_comments Enable to remove comments
-     *
-     * @return array Header items
-     */
-    static function explode_header_string($separator, $str, $remove_comments=false)
-    {
-        $length  = strlen($str);
-        $result  = array();
-        $quoted  = false;
-        $comment = 0;
-        $out     = '';
-
-        for ($i=0; $i<$length; $i++) {
-            // we're inside a quoted string
-            if ($quoted) {
-                if ($str[$i] == '"') {
-                    $quoted = false;
-                }
-                else if ($str[$i] == '\\') {
-                    if ($comment <= 0) {
-                        $out .= '\\';
-                    }
-                    $i++;
-                }
-            }
-            // we're inside a comment string
-            else if ($comment > 0) {
-                    if ($str[$i] == ')') {
-                        $comment--;
-                    }
-                    else if ($str[$i] == '(') {
-                        $comment++;
-                    }
-                    else if ($str[$i] == '\\') {
-                        $i++;
-                    }
-                    continue;
-            }
-            // separator, add to result array
-            else if (strpos($separator, $str[$i]) !== false) {
-                    if ($out) {
-                        $result[] = $out;
-                    }
-                    $out = '';
-                    continue;
-            }
-            // start of quoted string
-            else if ($str[$i] == '"') {
-                    $quoted = true;
-            }
-            // start of comment
-            else if ($remove_comments && $str[$i] == '(') {
-                    $comment++;
-            }
-
-            if ($comment <= 0) {
-                $out .= $str[$i];
-            }
-        }
-
-        if ($out && $comment <= 0) {
-            $result[] = $out;
-        }
-
-        return $result;
     }
 
 
@@ -4501,116 +3852,142 @@
      */
     public function debug_handler(&$imap, $message)
     {
-        write_log('imap', $message);
+        rcube::write_log('imap', $message);
     }
-
-}  // end class rcube_imap
-
-
-/**
- * Class representing a message part
- *
- * @package Mail
- */
-class rcube_message_part
-{
-    var $mime_id = '';
-    var $ctype_primary = 'text';
-    var $ctype_secondary = 'plain';
-    var $mimetype = 'text/plain';
-    var $disposition = '';
-    var $filename = '';
-    var $encoding = '8bit';
-    var $charset = '';
-    var $size = 0;
-    var $headers = array();
-    var $d_parameters = array();
-    var $ctype_parameters = array();
-
-    function __clone()
-    {
-        if (isset($this->parts))
-            foreach ($this->parts as $idx => $part)
-                if (is_object($part))
-	                $this->parts[$idx] = clone $part;
-    }
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Class for sorting an array of rcube_mail_header objects in a predetermined order.
- *
- * @package Mail
- * @author Eric Stadtherr
- */
-class rcube_header_sorter
-{
-    private $seqs = array();
-    private $uids = array();
 
 
     /**
-     * Set the predetermined sort order.
-     *
-     * @param array $index  Numerically indexed array of IMAP ID or UIDs
-     * @param bool  $is_uid Set to true if $index contains UIDs
+     * Deprecated methods (to be removed)
      */
-    function set_index($index, $is_uid = false)
-    {
-        $index = array_flip($index);
 
-        if ($is_uid)
-            $this->uids = $index;
-        else
-            $this->seqs = $index;
+    public function decode_address_list($input, $max = null, $decode = true, $fallback = null)
+    {
+        return rcube_mime::decode_address_list($input, $max, $decode, $fallback);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sort the array of header objects
-     *
-     * @param array $headers Array of rcube_mail_header objects indexed by UID
-     */
-    function sort_headers(&$headers)
+    public function decode_header($input, $fallback = null)
     {
-        if (!empty($this->uids))
-            uksort($headers, array($this, "compare_uids"));
-        else
-            uasort($headers, array($this, "compare_seqnums"));
+        return rcube_mime::decode_mime_string((string)$input, $fallback);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sort method called by uasort()
-     *
-     * @param rcube_mail_header $a
-     * @param rcube_mail_header $b
-     */
-    function compare_seqnums($a, $b)
+    public static function decode_mime_string($input, $fallback = null)
     {
-        // First get the sequence number from the header object (the 'id' field).
-        $seqa = $a->id;
-        $seqb = $b->id;
-
-        // then find each sequence number in my ordered list
-        $posa = isset($this->seqs[$seqa]) ? intval($this->seqs[$seqa]) : -1;
-        $posb = isset($this->seqs[$seqb]) ? intval($this->seqs[$seqb]) : -1;
-
-        // return the relative position as the comparison value
-        return $posa - $posb;
+        return rcube_mime::decode_mime_string($input, $fallback);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sort method called by uksort()
-     *
-     * @param int $a Array key (UID)
-     * @param int $b Array key (UID)
-     */
-    function compare_uids($a, $b)
+    public function mime_decode($input, $encoding = '7bit')
     {
-        // then find each sequence number in my ordered list
-        $posa = isset($this->uids[$a]) ? intval($this->uids[$a]) : -1;
-        $posb = isset($this->uids[$b]) ? intval($this->uids[$b]) : -1;
-
-        // return the relative position as the comparison value
-        return $posa - $posb;
+        return rcube_mime::decode($input, $encoding);
     }
+
+    public static function explode_header_string($separator, $str, $remove_comments = false)
+    {
+        return rcube_mime::explode_header_string($separator, $str, $remove_comments);
+    }
+
+    public function select_mailbox($mailbox)
+    {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+    public function set_mailbox($folder)
+    {
+        $this->set_folder($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function get_mailbox_name()
+    {
+        return $this->get_folder();
+    }
+
+    public function list_headers($folder='', $page=NULL, $sort_field=NULL, $sort_order=NULL, $slice=0)
+    {
+        return $this->list_messages($folder, $page, $sort_field, $sort_order, $slice);
+    }
+
+    public function mailbox_status($folder = null)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_status($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function message_index($folder = '', $sort_field = NULL, $sort_order = NULL)
+    {
+        return $this->index($folder, $sort_field, $sort_order);
+    }
+
+    public function message_index_direct($folder, $sort_field = null, $sort_order = null, $skip_cache = true)
+    {
+        return $this->index_direct($folder, $sort_field, $sort_order, $skip_cache);
+    }
+
+    public function list_mailboxes($root='', $name='*', $filter=null, $rights=null, $skip_sort=false)
+    {
+        return $this->list_folders_subscribed($root, $name, $filter, $rights, $skip_sort);
+    }
+
+    public function list_unsubscribed($root='', $name='*', $filter=null, $rights=null, $skip_sort=false)
+    {
+        return $this->list_folders($root, $name, $filter, $rights, $skip_sort);
+    }
+
+    public function get_mailbox_size($folder)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_size($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function create_mailbox($folder, $subscribe=false)
+    {
+        return $this->create_folder($folder, $subscribe);
+    }
+
+    public function rename_mailbox($folder, $new_name)
+    {
+        return $this->rename_folder($folder, $new_name);
+    }
+
+    function delete_mailbox($folder)
+    {
+        return $this->delete_folder($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function mailbox_exists($folder, $subscription=false)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_exists($folder, $subscription);
+    }
+
+    public function mailbox_namespace($folder)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_namespace($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function mod_mailbox($folder, $mode = 'out')
+    {
+        return $this->mod_folder($folder, $mode);
+    }
+
+    public function mailbox_attributes($folder, $force=false)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_attributes($folder, $force);
+    }
+
+    public function mailbox_data($folder)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_data($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function mailbox_info($folder)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_info($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function mailbox_sync($folder)
+    {
+        return $this->folder_sync($folder);
+    }
+
+    public function expunge($folder='', $clear_cache=true)
+    {
+        return $this->expunge_folder($folder, $clear_cache);
+    }
+
 }

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