[dovecot] Re: IMAP Folder paths

[Marcus Rueckert]

On 2003-03-06 16:52:08 -0500, Mark E. Mallett wrote:
>  - 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).

this is one of the points i really hated with uw-imapd. if you have a
unix home used a bit you will have a lot of folders. everytime you
start with a fresh mua it scanned _all_ folders of my homedir if i
forgot to say "only look in ~/Mail". it took really _long_ to get the
initial list. e.g. some muas like sylpheed try to connect to the imap
server after setting up only server/user name. no chance to specify the
mail path....

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

hmhm on of the points of maildir+ was using the leading "." to allow a
mixed setup with other maildir/mbox formats.
so imagine we have:
~/Maildir/.foo/ (maildir+)
~/Maildir/foo (mbox)

which one will be shown?

> Can this be done?  Have I missed something?
dunno

darix

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