[Dovecot] virtual Folder Plugin with "." Separator: [NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist
Hello,
I've switched from courier-imap to dovecot to benefit from the virtual folder feature. I'm using dovecot 1.2.6 on Gentoo Linux. However, I', getting the message "[NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist: <name>" from Thunderbird when I try to access any virtual folder.
The relevant setup:
mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir
namespace private { separator = . inbox = yes hidden = yes list = yes }
namespace private { prefix = virtual. separator = . location = virtual:~/.maildir/.virtual }
I then created the folders ~user/.maildir/.virtual and ~user/.maildir/.virtual.test and placed a file in .virtual.test with the contents
====== * all
After a dovecot restart I'm getting the error message: "[NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist: test"
Where did I make the mistake in the configuration? Is the "." path separator a problem case?
ciao, Elmar
Hello,
Elmar Weber wrote:
I'm getting the message "[NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist: <name>" from Thunderbird when I try to access any virtual folder.
namespace private { prefix = virtual. separator = . location = virtual:~/.maildir/.virtual } [...]
I did some testing, and everything works when I seperate the folders with / instead with ., so when I create a folder ~/.maildir/.virtual/test with a dovecot-virtual file everything works, not when I following the naming scheme I'd derive from the configuration: ~/.maildir/.virtual.test
Is this a problem of me missunderstanding or a configuration error?
ciao, Elmar
On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 21:35 +0200, Elmar Weber wrote:
mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir
namespace private { prefix = virtual. separator = . location = virtual:~/.maildir/.virtual }
The main problem I see here is that by placing virtual namespace to ".virtual" directory under maildir, it's visible as a regular mailbox called "virtual". See if all your problems go away simply by renaming ".virtual" to "virtual".
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Elmar Weber
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Timo Sirainen