Hi
I think there is a technical reason for this, but I am not sure. My IMAP client shows a folder called INDEX. This is my maildir. I wonder if it is possible to change the name of this folder to something else?
Daniel
2009/2/24 Daniel Aleksandersen <aleksandersen+dovecot@runbox.com>:
Hi
I think there is a technical reason for this, but I am not sure. My IMAP client shows a folder called INDEX. This is my maildir. I wonder if it is possible to change the name of this folder to something else?
This is not typical - perhaps you've somethign odd in your config.
The output of dovecot -n will probably be of use to track down the issue
Sendt: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:12:02 +0000 Fra: "Ian P. Christian"
2009/2/24 Daniel Aleksandersen:
I think there is a technical reason for this, but I am not sure. My IMAP client shows a folder called INDEX. This is my maildir. I wonder if it is possible to change the name of this folder to something else?
This is not typical - perhaps you've somethign odd in your config.
Just let me know what info you need. My setup is based on http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/VirtualhostingWithExim
The output of dovecot -n will probably be of use to track down the issue
# 1.0.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/ auth default: mechanisms: digest-md5 cram-md5 verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/postmaster/passwd.cram passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/postmaster/passwd.digest userdb: driver: static args: uid=postmaster gid=postmaster home=/home/postmaster/mailboxes/%u
Daniel
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 21:33 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
Hi
I think there is a technical reason for this, but I am not sure. My IMAP client shows a folder called INDEX. This is my maildir. I wonder if it is possible to change the name of this folder to something else?
What does it contain? Sounds like you have somehow just created a mailbox called INDEX. You can probably just delete it.
Sendt: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:34:34 -0500 Fra: Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 21:33 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
Hi
I think there is a technical reason for this, but I am not sure. My IMAP client shows a folder called INDEX. This is my maildir. I wonder if it is possible to change the name of this folder to something else?
What does it contain? Sounds like you have somehow just created a mailbox called INDEX. You can probably just delete it.
It contains new messages. I assume this is the root email directory. My email client cannot rename that folder. Every other folder can be renamed.
I have no folder called .INDEX in my maildir. I have, however, a file called dovecot.index
Daniel
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 22:41 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
What does it contain? Sounds like you have somehow just created a mailbox called INDEX. You can probably just delete it.
It contains new messages. I assume this is the root email directory. My email client cannot rename that folder. Every other folder can be renamed.
I have no folder called .INDEX in my maildir. I have, however, a file called dovecot.index
What IMAP client do you use? Perhaps it has created it internally? Try talking IMAP directly and see if LIST lists the mailbox: http://wiki.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
Sendt: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:11 -0500 Fra: Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 22:41 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
What does it contain? Sounds like you have somehow just created a mailbox called INDEX. You can probably just delete it.
It contains new messages. I assume this is the root email directory. My email client cannot rename that folder. Every other folder can be renamed.
I have no folder called .INDEX in my maildir. I have, however, a file called dovecot.index
What IMAP client do you use? Perhaps it has created it internally? Try talking IMAP directly and see if LIST lists the mailbox: http://wiki.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
I am using Opera Mail. The folder is listen over telnet and it is shown in that test of your’s as well. I thus assume it is by design. But should I not be able to rename it? INBOX does not necessarily mean the same in all languages, for example. :-)
Daniel
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 00:58 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
I am using Opera Mail. The folder is listen over telnet and it is shown in that test of your’s as well. I thus assume it is by design. But should I not be able to rename it? INBOX does not necessarily mean the same in all languages, for example. :-)
You said the mailbox name was INDEX, not INBOX. INBOX is a special reserved name in IMAP. Some clients translate it internally to other languages. There's no way to rename it, even if Dovecot allowed it your client would most likely still just show it and become confused when it couldn't open it.
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Daniel Aleksandersen
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Timo Sirainen