[dovecot] Re: Why can't hierarchy sep be changed?

[Charlie Brady]

On 7 Apr 2003, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> > >From maildir-storage.c:
> > 
> > ...
> >         '.', /* hierarchy_sep - can't be changed */
> > ...
> > 
> > Why can't it be changed? Is this just for courier compatibility, or is 
> > there a deeper reason why it can't be changed?
> 
> Actually I'm going to change it to '/' to allow folders such as
> shared/timo.sirainen/mailbox. The directory names themselves will still
> contain '.' separator to stay compatible with Courier's Maildir++
> format. So even though new IMAP separator will be '/', '.' still can't
> be used in mailbox names.

I don't care about Courier compatibility (speaking just for myself - no 
flames please), and I do want '.' in mailbox names. Will that be easy for 
me?

And just to repeat my question - is the only reason that '.' is unwelcome 
Courier compatibility?

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Charlie