UNI Gmail: How labels & folders work in Thunderbird

UNI Gmail uses labels instead of folders used by traditional email systems.  Here are a few tips and articles to explain how labels interact with Thunderbird and other IMAP clients. 

Getting started with IMAP for Gmail
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75725

Recommended IMAP client settings
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78892

How do actions sync in IMAP?
Your IMAP  client will show all of your default Gmail views under a special [Gmail] folder hierarchy. Here's a guide to how other actions in your IMAP client will appear in the Gmail web interface.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77657