[dovecot] Re: Folders with mail and subfolders

[Keith Edmunds]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 19:04:25 -0700
"Ian R. Justman" <ianj at ian-justman.com> wrote:
 
> Keith Edmunds wrote:
> > I have a maildir hierarchy (built originally with Courier-IMAP)
> > where some folders contain both email and subfolders. Using Dovecot
> > I cannot see the mail in the top folders: I can only see the
> > subfolders.
> > 
> > Is this an RFC restriction or a Dovecot restriction? If the latter,
> > is it planned to change?
> 
> Far as I know, that's usually a client-side issue.  I had the same
> thing come up when I was using Cyrus where a folder can hold either
> messages or more folders.  Netscape has an option where you can have
> both or they're mutually exclusive.

I'm using the same client (sylpheed-claws) with both Dovecot and
Courier-IMAP. Dovecot does not seem to allow both messages and folders
within folders whereas Courier-IMAP does. Is there some setup I can
change to allow both?

-- 
Keith Edmunds