javamail imap listing

[Michael Slusarz]

"A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox name is interpreted."

If Dovecot is using "." as the separator in the base level of hierarchy, then it correctly is returning nothing for 'LIST / "*"' - since no mailboxes in Dovecot live under that base level of hierarchy.

Gmail returns data because it is using "/" as a separator.

If you want Dovecot to return LIST entries for 'LIST "/" "*"', then configure the base namespace to use "/" as a separator.  Of course then 'LIST "." "*"' would return nothing...

michael

> On April 18, 2017 at 2:38 AM Matthew Broadhead <matthew.broadhead at nbmlaw.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks Michael.  I have forwarded that link to the Geronimo JavaMail 
> team in case they think of anything their end.
> 
> But in the documentation you sent it seems that Dovecot should respond 
> in the case of
> LIST / "*"
> if my understanding is correct
> 
> Is there any way to adjust this behaviour in the settings?  I am 
> struggling to search for a solution to the problem given the limited 
> information.
> 
> On 18/04/2017 05:46, Michael Slusarz wrote:
> > 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 "/"