I have the directory structure below. I was using uw-imap with Thunderbird. Due to cert issues with Thunderbird which have yet to be resolved at the moment I am using dovecot (2.3-6.11) with Apple's MacOS Mail app. dovecot server is running openSuSE Tumbleweed.

With uw-imap & Thunderbird the directory structure and all the mbox's shown below showed up and were accessible in Thunderbird.

With dovecot & Apple's MacOS Mail app I see the Archive directory but nothing underneath it. I do not see the In and Out directory nor any of the Year directories.

At this point I do not know if the problem lies with dovecot not providing them via IMAP or if Apple's MacOS Mail is just not displaying them.

So I am looking for information as to where the problem lies and what the solution is. dovecot -n is included below.

/home/<user>/mail/Archive -> /Archive (soft symlink to different mount point)

/Archive <directory> | +-> In <directory> | | | +-> 2018 <directory> | | | | | +-> 0118 <mbox> | | +-> 0218 <mbox> | | +-> 0318 <mbox> | | +-> 0418 <mbox> | | +-> 0518 <mbox> | | +-> 0618 <mbox> | | +-> 0718 <mbox> | | +-> 0818 <mbox> | | +-> 0918 <mbox> | | +-> 1018 <mbox> | | +-> 1118 <mbox> | | +-> 1218 <mbox> | | | +-> 2019 <directory> | | | | | +-> 0119 <mbox> | | +-> 0219 <mbox> | | +-> 0319 <mbox> | | +-> 0419 <mbox> | | +-> 0519 <mbox> | | +-> 0619 <mbox> | | +-> 0719 <mbox> | | +-> 0819 <mbox> | | +-> 0919 <mbox> | | +-> 1019 <mbox> | | +-> 1119 <mbox> | | +-> 1219 <mbox> | | | +-> etc. | | | +-> Out <directory> | +-> 2018 <directory> | | | +-> 0118 <mbox> | +-> 0218 <mbox> | +-> 0318 <mbox> | +-> 0418 <mbox> | +-> 0518 <mbox> | +-> 0618 <mbox> | +-> 0718 <mbox> | +-> 0818 <mbox> | +-> 0918 <mbox> | +-> 1018 <mbox> | +-> 1118 <mbox> | +-> 1218 <mbox> | +-> 2019 <directory> | | | +-> 0119 <mbox> | +-> 0219 <mbox> | +-> 0319 <mbox> | +-> 0419 <mbox> | +-> 0519 <mbox> | +-> 0619 <mbox> | +-> 0719 <mbox> | +-> 0819 <mbox> | +-> 0919 <mbox> | +-> 1019 <mbox> | +-> 1119 <mbox> | +-> 1219 <mbox> | +-> etc. |

2.3.21 (47349e2482): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

Pigeonhole version 0.5.21 (f6cd4b8e)

OS: Linux 6.9.7-1-default x86_64

Hostname: cjbnew.curtronics.com <http://cjbnew.curtronics.com/>

mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/imapd.crt ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!3DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4:!ADH:!LOW@STRENGTH ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_options = no_compression ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { driver = passwd }