[Dovecot] mbox, hierarchical folders/folders and IMAP

[Alexander Chekalin]

Hello Stan,

thank you for your care, the answer was pretty simple, and yes you're 
right, I'd better read the docs before:

I tried to create folder named like 'Old Mail' (and in fact I got 
another mbox container), while I needed to create 'Old Mail/' (note the 
slash), which results in real filesystem directory.

Thanks for your time anyway!

Yours,
   Alexander


25.12.2011 3:50, Stan Hoeppner пишет:
> On 12/24/2011 10:26 AM, Alexander Chekalin wrote:
>> Stan, thank you for the reply,
>>
>> But I believe I obey this rule: I create "folder with ONLY folders inside", then in it another "folder with ONLY folders inside", and the into this second folder I create "folder with ONLY messages inside" (the path is "oldmail/lists/dovecot", and oldmail and lists are folders in filesystem, while dovecot is mbox container in filesystem).
>>
>> My problem is I can not understand which way should I create "folder with ONLY folders inside", and which way to create messages-only folder, going down to IMAP protocol commands. PHP for example looks like use only one command to create a mailbox, no difference what type of it I need.
>>
>> I understand PHP isn't the only script language to deal with IMAP, so I seek for advice how IMAP works with on protocol level.
>
> Ah, ok.  I didn't fully understand your issue.  Maybe Timo, or someone
> else, knows the necessary imap folder creation command sequence for this.
>