[Dovecot] dovecot-lda, sieve, maildir

[Timo Sirainen]

On Jul 4, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Frank Cusack wrote:

>>> Create a namespace with a '/' separator if you want to change it.  
>>> The  default is '.' because
>>> that's what the separator is on the disk.
>>>
>>
>> Why does it work for mbox?  Because for mbox the on-disk separator  
>> is '/'?

Yes.

>> That seems like a bug (UI issue).  My .sieve shouldn't be  
>> sensitive to the
>> specifics of the mailbox format.

I mostly agree, but I'm not sure if it still would be a good idea to  
change it. With Maildir++ layout the separator really is '.' and  
that's how Courier also shows it. Changing it might break some  
existing software.

And now that '.' has been the default with Dovecot for a long time,  
there's no way to change it without breaking existing installations,  
so I couldn't really change it even if I wanted to. You can change it  
anyway by defining the namespace..

> One last thing, I thought '/' was the default, from this comment in  
> the
> default dovecot.conf:
>
>   # Hierarchy separator to use. You should use the same separator  
> for all
>   # namespaces or some clients get confused. '/' is usually a good  
> one.
>   #separator = /

Well, I'll change it to:

    # Hierarchy separator to use. You should use the same separator  
for all
    # namespaces or some clients get confused. '/' is usually a good  
one.
    # The default however depends on the underlying mail storage format.
    #separator =

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