On Tuesday, August 21 at 02:15 PM, quoth Patrick - South Valley Internet:
What's even more odd is that when I created a new folder within Outlook Express, I see it in /home/USERNAME/Maildir/subscriptions, but I don't see the folder anywhere...how does Dovecot see these IMAP folders? Is there some sort of tag that is contained within each Maildir email that tells what folder it goes in to?
The new folders are created with names prefixed by a period.
For example, imagine you have the following IMAP folders (subfolders separated by a slash (/)):
INBOX
Sent
Trash
Drafts
INBOX/Business
INBOX/FamilyThese would typically be stored like so:
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/ <-- "INBOX"
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.Sent/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.Trash/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.Drafts/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.INBOX.Business/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.INBOX.Family/Doing a simple ls in the Maildir won't show the other folders,
because they begin with a period (and are considered "hidden" by ls).
Do an ls -a and they'll show up. That's standard Maildir++ layout,
which is what you get when your config says:
mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir~Kyle
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