[dovecot] Maildir format
Started using dovecot and I am very impressed by its speed. I am confused by what it is expecting the format of the Maildir directory to be in. I currently have ~/Maildir which contains new, cur, and tmp all containing email that should be in my inbox and it pops up correctly as such when I connect to dovecot using Mutt. After the connection a new .INBOX is created under ~/Maildir with sym links back to new, cur, and tmp. The problem arrises when I want to view email from another folder, I have a folder called "test" which contains some email also in Maildir format, however when I attempt to view this email I only get an empty listing with the ".." to go one directory up. Thanks.
GarethGreenaway
"My friends say I should act my age, What's my age again?" Gareth J. Greenaway | gareth@wiked.org
On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 05:10, Gareth J. Greenaway wrote:
to new, cur, and tmp. The problem arrises when I want to view email from another folder, I have a folder called "test" which contains some email also in Maildir format, however when I attempt to view this email I only get an empty listing with the ".." to go one directory up. Thanks.
Dovecot wants the folders directory names to begin with a dot, so name it ".test". Subfolders would be named as ".test.subfolder". This is compatible with Courier's Maildir++ format.
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