Re: Courier IMAP and Ximian Evolution
>>>>> "Ross" == Ross Burton <ross.burton@mail.com> writes:
Ross> Which looks rather odd to me. Is this usual? Or is this a
Ross> bug in Evolution, which I am using to create the folders? I
Ross> am using the default namespace, but I have also tried using
Ross> "INBOX." as the namespace and the same problem occurs.
This is normal behaviour. It has nothing to do with the client
program, it is done by courier-imap at the server side.
>From /usr/share/doc/courier-doc/README.sharedfolders.html, on the
Maildir++ "standard":
[...]
Maildir++ and Maildir shall be completely interchangeable. A
Maildir++ client will be able to use a standard Maildir,
automatically "upgrading" it in the process. A Maildir client will
be able to use a Maildir++ just like a regular Maildir. Of course,
a plain Maildir client won't be able to enforce a quota, and won't
be able to access messages stored in folders.
Folders are created as subdirectories under the main Maildir. The
name of the subdirectory always starts with a period. For example,
a folder named "Important" will be a subdirectory called
".Important". You can't have subdirectories that start with two
periods.
[...]
Can folders have subfolders, defined in a recursive fashion? The
answer is no. If you want to have a client with a hierarchy of
folders, emulate it. Pick a hierarchy separator character, say
":". Then, folder foo/bar is subdirectory .foo:bar.
[...]
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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