Changing IMAP separator - does it break things?

[Victor Sudakov]

@lbutlr wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2020, at 04:24, Sami Ketola <sami at ketola.io> wrote:
> > On 14. Oct 2020, at 12.51, Victor Sudakov <vas at sibptus.ru> wrote:
> >> Those Mac clients who do not use nested folders do not seem to be
> >> affected. That is, I've already suggested to the Mac Mail user that he
> >> start Thunderbird, move all his mailboxes into the IMAP root folder, and
> >> then go on using Mac Mail. I hope that's what he has done.
> 
> > There is a bug in Mail.app that it always assumes / as hierarchy separator and 
> > completely ignores server provided separator.
> 
> Cite? Because no, that is not my experience at all.

Cannot site a bug, can only site a users's complaint:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8347018

> 
> From my maildir on my FreeBSD server:
> 
>  # ls -lnd .root*
> drwx------  5 89  89  512 Oct 14 05:16 .root
> drwx------  5 89  89  512 Oct 14 02:02 .root.44
> drwx------  5 89  89  512 Oct 14 02:02 .root.Cron
> drwx------  5 89  89  512 Oct 14 05:16 .root.Hastur
> … etc
> 
> Works fine in Mail.app on Mac OS and has for at least 16 years.

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49 at fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/
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