[Dovecot] Migrating from Courier-IMAP to Dovecot

[Andreas Mimz]

Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently trying to migrate from courier-imapd to dovecot...
>>>> Unfortunately I'm experiences some difficulties here...
>>>> Since I don't want any user to notice the change of the server backend
>>>>  I've tried changing the namespace in dovecot.conf to
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> namespace private {
>>>>  separator = .
>>>>  location = maildir:~/Maildir
>>>>  prefix = INBOX.
>>>>  inbox = yes
>>>>  hidden = no
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> With this setting almost everything works fine! Almost... ;-)
>>>> Squirrelmail won't show 'INBOX' on the left side of the folder tree...
>>>>  If  I configure dovecot without the 'INBOX.' prefix it works fine in
>>>>  Squirrelmail, except that all other eMail clients show all
>>>> sub-folders as a sub-folder of root and not the inbox...
>>>>
>>>> root
>>>> \- inbox
>>>> \- sent
>>>> \- trash
>>>> \- drafts
>>>> \- private
>>>> \- spam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> instead of
>>>> root
>>>> \- inbox
>>>> |  \- sent
>>>> |  \- trash
>>>> |  \- drafts
>>>> |  \- private
>>>> |  \- spam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> any Idea what could be wrong? I've read the wiki about the
>>>> courier-migration and also tried the conversion script ... but
>>>> something is wrong I'm afraid...
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> You have contacted wrong list. Display of inbox subfolders depends on
>>> used SquirrelMail version and other SquirrelMail settings. You haven't
>>> provided information about your SquirrelMail version and used preset.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I'm using Squirrelmail 1.5.1 CVS version and I've patched
>> "functions/imap_mailbox.php" because it looks like if squirrel can't
>> find the 'INBOX' folder so I add it if it there's none... But I've found
>> another "problem"... Outlook or Outlook Express both add the "INBOX"
>> Folder to the 'subscriptions' file. I don't really know if
>> this is necessary - but in Thunderbird and Squirrelmail I then have an
>> subfolder of inbox which is called 'INBOX'! i can unsubscribe from the
>> folder then it's gone... until I open any of the Outlook clients... Is
>> this maybe a namespace problem??
>>     
>
> In 1.5.1cvs inbox subfolders are listed in same tree level as inbox.
>   

With every email client (squirrel/thunderbird/outlook express) the 
subfolders are listed in the same tree level as inbox when using the 
default dovecot namespace. that's why I'm using the courier-style 
namespace. with the courier-namespace style configuration squirrel 
didn't show the 'inbox' as a folder - that's why I patched it... the 
other email clients are showing the subfolders now fine as a subfolder 
of inbox. the main problem I have is that outlook /-express are 
subscribing to the folder 'INBOX' which I then see as a subfolder of 
inbox in Thunderbird / Squirrel. Since I don't know the IMAP protocol in 
detail I thought this maybe a namespace problem...
maybe I'm all wrong... when using the default dovecot namespace do I 
have to rename all folders if I want them to be a subfolder of inbox ?