On Jul 4, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Frank Cusack wrote:
Create a namespace with a '/' separator if you want to change it.
The default is '.' because that's what the separator is on the disk.Why does it work for mbox? Because for mbox the on-disk separator
is '/'?
Yes.
That seems like a bug (UI issue). My .sieve shouldn't be
sensitive to the specifics of the mailbox format.
I mostly agree, but I'm not sure if it still would be a good idea to
change it. With Maildir++ layout the separator really is '.' and
that's how Courier also shows it. Changing it might break some
existing software.
And now that '.' has been the default with Dovecot for a long time,
there's no way to change it without breaking existing installations,
so I couldn't really change it even if I wanted to. You can change it
anyway by defining the namespace..
One last thing, I thought '/' was the default, from this comment in
the default dovecot.conf:# Hierarchy separator to use. You should use the same separator
for all # namespaces or some clients get confused. '/' is usually a good
one. #separator = /
Well, I'll change it to:
# Hierarchy separator to use. You should use the same separator for all
# namespaces or some clients get confused. '/' is usually a good
one.
# The default however depends on the underlying mail storage format.
#separator =