[Dovecot] Maildir with INBOX and other folders at same level

[Seth Rhudy]

Hello-

I have set up Dovecot before and feel fairly comfortable with it but
am having some issues with a new setup and have not been able to find
a solution via Google or the list archives.

I use offlineiimap to sync an IMAP account with an email provider.
After the sync is complete, my ~/Maildir is set up with a folder
called INBOX (with cur,new,tmp inside) and all my other folders set up
at same level as INBOX (also with cur,new,tmp inside):

~/Maildir
    INBOX
        cur
        new
        tmp
    Otherfolder1
        cur
        new
        tmp
    Otherfolder2
        cur
        new
        tmp
etc..

This email provider says that they use '/' as the IMAP folder
separator so '.' can be used in folder names.

Anyway, I am using Dovecot 1.0.15 on Debian Lenny and can't seem to
get Dovecot to recognize this folder structure and display it in my
MUA.  In my dovecot.conf, I have:

mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

When I fire up my MUA it connects fine but does not display anything
-- the INBOX is empty and the other folders are not there.  I have
tried various configurations with the namespace private {} section but
without success.  What am I missing?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.