[Dovecot] 1.0.alpha1: Namespaces

[Andrew Maier]

Hi,

yes I see a similar problem, I am also not able to use a / as a folder 
separator. Whatever I do, dovecot seems to insist in using a dot. This 
makes it impossible to set up mail to be read locally (e.g. with mutt) 
and remotely, using a imap client, which is what I want to do.


Any help welcome,

	Andrew
Wolfram Schlich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently using 1.0.alpha1 without luck regarding a namespace
> issue. Maybe it's a general understanding problem on my side, but
> let's see :-)
> 
> I would like to have my mail stored in Maildir format below
> ~/.maildir/, which works fine so far.
> 
> I want any (sub)folders to be created like this:
> 
> 	~/.maildir/
> 		/cur
> 		/new
> 		/tmp
> 		/.Folder/
> 			/cur
> 			/new
> 			/tmp
> 			/.Subfolder/
> 				/cur
> 				/new
> 				/tmp
> 
> BUT ;) Dovecot seems to disregard my namespace settings:
> 
> --8<--[ /etc/dovecot.conf ]--8<--
> default_mail_env = maildir:~/.maildir:INDEX=MEMORY
> namespace private {
> 	separator = /
> #	prefix =
> #	location = maildir:~/.maildir
> 	inbox = yes
> 	hidden = no
> }
> --8<--
> 
> Every new (sub)folder I create is stored as
> 
> 	~/.maildir/.Folder
> 	resp.
> 	~/.maildir/.Folder.Subfolder
> 
> in the filesystem.
> 
> Are namespaces the right way?
> Is it possible at all?
> 
> Thanks in advance.


-- 
Andrew Maier
andrew at maier dot name