[Dovecot] Maildir + Evolution

[Christoph Hohmann]

mkortela at cc.hut.fi wrote:

> I don't know if this is an Evolution bug or not, but when I use the
> maildir format with Dovecot 0.99.10p2 (from OpenBSD packages collection)  
> and connect to it from Evolution 1.4 using IMAP, Evolution displays
> subfolders incorrectly. It actually does not show any subfolders, only
> root folders with names like "Folder.Subfolder" and
> "Folder.Subfolder.Subsubfolder".

Evolution is not using the Maildir++ standard to create
subfolders where every folder is a subdirectory of the
INBOX. Evolution creates subdirectories inside the
subfolders directories.

See
http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/README.maildirquota.html
for the Maildir++ specification.

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