[dovecot] Re: IMAP Folder paths

[Mark E. Mallett]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:21:27PM +0100, Juergen Kahnert wrote:
> On Thu, 27. Feb. 2003 at 21:19:14 +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > Set "default_mail_env = mbox:~/" and rename those ".mailboxlist" files
> > to ".subscriptions" file (or modify dovecot's sources to make it use the
> > .mailboxlist directly).
> 
> Yes, that's what I searched for. I guess you'll add something to the
> config file to change SUBSCRIPTION_FILE_NAME - but so far I change it in
> the source.
> 
> And with the new version I'm able to let the inbox in a separate
> directory and all other folders in the home directories of the users,
> right?

That's also what I'd hope for, but so far don't seem to see the solution.
Just to step back:

The notion of having the ~/Maildir/ be both a mailbox and the root of
the folder tree is interesting (I understand it's not unique to dovecot),
but limiting.  Ideally I would like to be able to specify:

 - the default inbox (e.g. ~/Maildir/ or ~/Mailbox or /var/mail/user
   or whatever)

 - multiple paths to folder directories (e.g. ~/Mail or ~/Private or
   ~/Work/Mail or ~/Maildir/ or simply set it to ~/ and let the user
   browse their own home directory through an IMAP client and set up
   their own subscription).

 - have the imap server autorecognize the format of any mail folder that
   the client directs it to look at.

Can this be done?  Have I missed something?

Yours,
-mm-