javamail imap listing

[Michael Slusarz]

You probably want to read the description of "reference name argument" to understand what is happening here.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.3.8

michael

> On April 17, 2017 at 8:33 AM Matthew Broadhead <matthew.broadhead at nbmlaw.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i am using dovecot-2.2.10-7.el7.x86_64 on
> centos-release-7-3.1611.el7.centos.x86_64.
> 
> if i follow this tutorial
> https://delog.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/access-imap-server-from-the-command-line-using-openssl/
> i can login to my server and successfully list the folders using
> tag LIST "" "*"
> 
> *   LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX
> tag OK List completed.
> 
> no folders are listed using
> tag LIST / "*"
> tag OK List completed.
> 
> when i request a folder listing using JavaMail it similarly sends the
> following command and no folders are listed
> a97 LIST / "*"
> a97 OK List completed.
> 
> if i follow the tutorial again and use my gmail account instead of my
> dovecot installation i can successfully list folders using both methods
> tag LIST / "*"
> 
> *   LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "youtube"
> tag OK List completed.
> 
> is there some way to make dovecot list folders when it receives the command
> LIST / "*"
> 
> i note that in the listings my dovecot installation has "." in the
> middle and gmail has a "/"