[Dovecot] Version 1.0.13 - Maildir directory names
I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro to operate as local mail storage. My mail is stored in the Maildir format.
Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory names? (e.g., ~/Maildir/somefolder instead of ~/Maildir/.somefolder). OS X's spotlight indexing/search service will not index "hidden" directories (those that begin with a period), so I would like Maildir to use non dot-files for its base names so that my email is indexed.
I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck. (I was able to connect in all cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names.
Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the leading dot?
I have hunted the mailing list for an answer to this, and the only suggestions that came close did not seem to work.
On Thursday, July 10 at 07:14 PM, quoth Tobias Zimmerman:
I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro
I assume you mean you're running Dovecot. ;)
Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory names?
With 1.0.13? Not without hacking up the source. Version 1.1 allows you to do this:
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fsIn which case, your mailboxes will be arranged without the preceeding dot.
I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck. (I was able to connect in all cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names.
The separator has nothing to do with the backend storage (and *SHOULDN'T*).
Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the leading dot?
Not in 1.0.13.
~Kyle
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
Yes, I meant dovecot! Sorry, I had the whole issue swirling in my brain.
I was afraid your answer was the case. While I read about the layout=fs option in the release notes to 1.1, there isn't really a clear description of what that does (at least, not that I could find).
Oh well, hopefully someone will port 1.1.1 to MacPorts soon and I can make the change. I appreciate your answering my question.
Tobias
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Kyle Wheeler kyle-dovecot@memoryhole.net wrote:
On Thursday, July 10 at 07:14 PM, quoth Tobias Zimmerman:
I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro
I assume you mean you're running Dovecot. ;)
Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory
names?
With 1.0.13? Not without hacking up the source. Version 1.1 allows you to do this:
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
In which case, your mailboxes will be arranged without the preceeding dot.
I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried
setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck. (I was able to connect in all cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names.
The separator has nothing to do with the backend storage (and *SHOULDN'T*).
Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the
leading dot?
Not in 1.0.13.
~Kyle
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
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