Interesting.

While I don't use mbox (dbox or maildir) I wouldn't think that would matter. Your namespace layout looks nearly the same as my own. But to verify what's going on - post the output of "doveconf namespace".

Possibly just reviewing that output may tell you enough - otherwise share it (fully) here.

-- Daniel

On 1/23/2020 12:46 PM, Gregory Sloop wrote:

Anyone? A tip on where/what to look at, even? I've read the docs on namespaces and I'm not sure how I could do this [or not do it, in this case] from the docs.

I realize I didn't include the version I'm running in the prior post too. It is; 2.2.22

I'm sure this is related to name-spaces, but for some reason [brain damage perhaps? :) ] I can't seem to figure out how to fix it.

In TBird, for example, I have a folder tree that looks like this

Inbox -| Folder-A Folder-B Folder-C Folder-A Folder-B Folder-C

And  Folder-A, Folder-B, Folder-C are the same folders, just shown twice. [In two different hierarchies.]

I'm using mbox files to store mail. [If that matters.]

Here's what I have in my conf files for namespace defs

namespace { inbox = yes #hidden = yes prefix = INBOX/ separator = / }

namespace inbox { mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } }

I've had this problem for literally years, and it's not been that big of a deal (mostly irritating) - and I've tried to "fix" it before without any success. But now it's causing some issues and I'd really like to get this nagging issue gone. Since it's been so long since I last tried to fix it, I really can't recall any of settings changes I made in an attempt to fix it. I'd guess this is a trivial issue, but if so, can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance!

-Greg

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Keeping in mind I'm 0% Dovecot certified and 100% certifiable...

I'm guessing you have your namespace definition separate from your special-use mailbox declarations. Possibly in 10-mail.conf and 15-mailboxes.conf? Not that it matters.

First sugggestion - that first namespace definition. Change it from:

namespace {

to

namespace inbox {

and see what happens.

-- Daniel

On 1/23/2020 4:40 PM, Gregory Sloop wrote:

*DM> Interesting.

DM> While I don't use mbox (dbox or maildir) I wouldn't think that would DM> matter. Your namespace layout looks nearly the same as my own. But to DM> verify what's going on - post the output of "doveconf namespace".

DM> Possibly just reviewing that output may tell you enough - otherwise DM> share it (fully) here.

DM> -- DM> Daniel

*namespace { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = yes list = yes location = order = 0 prefix = INBOX/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace inbox { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = no list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Trash } order = 0 prefix = separator = subscriptions = yes type = private }