I'm not sure offhand exactly which version of Dovecot I'm running - it doesn't seem to have a -V switch. Anyway, I created a folder which had periods in the name. There was no problem with that, but MUAs now report that folder as a hierarchy. For example:
customers | +-customername.com | +-another.customer.com
has become:
customers | +-customername | | | +-com | +-another | +-customer | +-com
Now the obvious answer is "don't do that". However, should Dovecot either a) refuse to create a folder with an embedded period in the name or 2) manage (somehow) the fact that not all periods represent hierarchical delimiters?
Keith
PS Damn fine software, Dovecot
On Dec 5, 2003, at 11:48 PM, Keith Edmunds wrote:
I'm not sure offhand exactly which version of Dovecot I'm running - it doesn't seem to have a -V switch.
There's --version. Looks like it's missing in the help line.
Anyway, I created a folder which had periods in the name. There was no problem with that, but MUAs now report that folder as a hierarchy. For example:
Yep, default maildir hierarchy separator is a period.
Now the obvious answer is "don't do that". However, should Dovecot either a) refuse to create a folder with an embedded period in the name or 2) manage (somehow) the fact that not all periods represent hierarchical delimiters?
It's not really possible for Dovecot to know which one you meant if hierarchy separator is '.' too. Next version has it configurable, so if you then changed it to '/' I guess I could make it then refuse to create any folders with '.' in it's name. Or if you wanted to, you could change the maildir++ separator in the filesystem itself (easy to change in next version as well).
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