[Dovecot] Maildir from offlineimap, INBOX folder created

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 01:47 -0400, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:35 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 01:25 -0400, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> >> On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:18 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> >>
> >>> Anyway, it all works spiffingly well, except that I can't see my  
> >>> inbox
> >>> at all. What happens is that attempting to subscribe to Inbox will
> >>> create an INBOX folder in the root folder, which is (of course)  
> >>> empty,
> >>> so I see an empty folder.
> >>>
> >>> mail_location: maildir:/home/data/Profiles/OfflineIMAP/ 
> >>> root:LAYOUT=fs
> >>
> >> Append :INBOX=/home/data/Profiles/OfflineIMAP/root
> >>
> >
> > Hey, thanks, worked perfectly. I just rechecked the wiki, and this is
> > not mentioned at all, should it be added? The only part of
> > MalboxFormat/Maildir dealing with this, under Directory Structure,  
> > only
> > mentions that v1.1 supports subfolders with :LAYOUT=fs.
> 
> Well, this wasn't really intentional.. LAYOUT=fs hasn't really been  
> used much. I'm beginning to think maybe I should change this to be the  
> default with it too.
> 

I guess offlineimap->dovecot (serving IMAP)->mail client IS a bit of a
corner case. Thing is, unless I'm mistaken (which wouldn't surprise me)
the Maildir++ specification doesn't allow/suggest a separate INBOX
folder? In that case, then yes that default would make sense.

Thank you for your time, assistance, and this wonderful piece of
software.