[Dovecot] Rename INDEX

Daniel Aleksandersen aleksandersen+dovecot at runbox.com
Tue Feb 24 23:41:29 EET 2009


Sendt: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:34:34 -0500
Fra: Timo Sirainen
> On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 21:33 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I think there is a technical reason for this, but I am not sure. My IMAP client
> > shows a folder called INDEX. This is my maildir. I wonder if it is possible to
> > change the name of this folder to something else?
> 
> What does it contain? Sounds like you have somehow just created a
> mailbox called INDEX. You can probably just delete it.

It contains new messages. I assume this is the root email directory. My email client
cannot rename that folder. Every other folder can be renamed.

I have no folder called .INDEX in my maildir. I have, however, a file called dovecot.index
-- 
Daniel


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