*/
gboolean modest_init_uninit (void);
+/**
+ * modest_init_local_folders:
+ * @location_filepath: The location at which the local-folders directory should be created,
+ * or NULL to specify $HOME.
+ *
+ * create the Local Folders folder under cache, if they
+ * do not exist yet.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if the folder were already there, or
+ * they were created, FALSE otherwise
+ */
+gboolean modest_init_local_folders (const gchar* location_filepath);
+
+/**
+ * modest_init_one_local_folder:
+ *
+ * Create the directory structure for a maildir folder,
+ * so that camel can use it as a maildir folder in a
+ * local maildir store account.
+ */
+gboolean modest_init_one_local_folder (gchar *maildir_path);
+
+
G_END_DECLS
#endif /*__MODEST_INIT_H__*/