[Dovecot] Outlook [Express] can't see namespace folders
James
james at nttmcl.com
Fri Oct 5 23:16:32 EEST 2007
James wrote:
> Hi guys i understand that you can't subscribe to the Prefix names of
> namespace folders right now with dovecot.
> But for instance if i user outlook express and it can't see the prefix
> name then it can't see the subfolders of that "prefix folder" either.
> So even though it can detect and see the subfolders it won't display
> them cause it can't see the "parent"
>
> Is there any fix for this? it's also kind of annoying in thunderbird
> but at least you can still see the subfolders.
>
> TIA
> James
>
> Here's my config
>
> # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
> log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
> first_valid_uid = 100
> login_user=vmail
> mail_extra_groups = mail
> mail_debug = yes
> pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/domains/%n/Maildir
> #default_mail_env = maildir:/home/vmail/domains/%n/Maildir
>
> auth default {
> mechanisms = plain
> passdb ldap {
> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
> }
> userdb ldap {
> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
> }
> }
>
> # maildir
> namespace private {
> separator = /
> prefix =
> location = maildir:/home/vmail/domains/%n/Maildir
> inbox = yes
> hidden = no
> }
> # mbox
> namespace private {
> separator = /
> prefix = "Mbox/"
> location = mbox:/home/vmail/domains/%n/Mbox
> inbox = no
> hidden = no
> }
>
> #public spam folder
> namespace public {
> separator = /
> prefix = /Spam/
> location = maildir:/home/vmail/domains/Spam/Maildir/
> hidden = no
> }
>
> ssl_disable = no
> ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
> ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
> ssl_verify_client_cert = no
> ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2:RSA
To clarify for everyone this is regarding Outlook Express
The namespaces work fine for regular Outlook
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