[Dovecot] dsync / separator / namespace config-problem

[Jan-Frode Myklebust]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 03:49:57PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> >> 
> >> With mdbox the internal separator is '/', but it's not valid to have "INBOX." prefix then (it should be "INBOX/").
> > 
> > But how should this be handled in the migration phase from maildir to
> > mdbox then? Can we have different namespaces for users with maildirs vs.
> > mdboxes? (..or am i misunderstanding something?)
> 
> You'll most likely want to keep the '.' separator with mdbox, at least initially. Some clients don't like if the separator changes. Perhaps in future if you want to allow users to use '.' character in mailbox names you could change it, or possibly make it a per-user setting.
> 

Sorry for being so dense, but I don't quite get it still. Do you suggest
dropping the trailing dot from prefix=INBOX. ? I.e.

	namespace {
  		inbox = yes
  		location = 
  		prefix = INBOX
  		type = private
		separator = .
	}

when we do the migration to mdbox? And this should work without issues
for both current maildir users, and mdbox users ?

Ideally I don't want to use the . as a separator, since it's causing
problems for our users who expect to be able to use them in folder
names. But I don't understand if I can change them without causing
problems to existing users.. or how these problems will appear to the
users.


  -jf