shared folders not working with . separator

[Chris]

Hugh Bragg wrote:
> I've been trying this for weeks and never managed to get my mail client
> to see shared folders.
> Apparently imap_acl works fine as I can see these entries in the
> dovecot-acl-list files and the correct entries persist in the client.
> This is my first dovecot setup so I hope I've configured it right.
> Everything else works beautifully, thanks.

Are they shown with telnet? e.g.

http://www.anta.net/misc/telnet-troubleshooting/imap.shtml