[Dovecot] 1.0.alpha1: Namespaces

[Andy Cravens]

I need to do the same thing, emulate the hierarchy of folders.  However, 
I do not completely understand the concept of namespaces.  I have read 
the configuration file and the documentation on the dovecot web site and 
I just don't get it.  Can someone explain it differently?

I already have dovecot running on a test server and do not have any 
namespaces defined.  I am moving our user's mbox files to the new server 
and converting to maildir.  Everything works fine except that I don't 
know how to handle users who have mboxes in subfolders.  After reading 
these recent messages on namespaces I've come to the conclusion I need 
to emulate the directory structore which involves the implementation of 
a namespace and defining a hierarchy separator. 

In the example below by Steffen, they used : as the separator.  Other 
examples I have seen use / as the separator.  Is one separator better 
suited for a situation than another? 

--
Andy

Steffen Kaiser wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Wolfram Schlich wrote:
>
>> Ah! Thanks for clearing that up.
>> Do you have any design document reference at hand?
>
>
> http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/README.maildirquota.html
>
> quote:
>
> "Can folders have subfolders, defined in a recursive fashion? The 
> answer is no. If you want to have a client with a hierarchy of 
> folders, emulate it. Pick a hierarchy separator character, say ":". 
> Then, folder foo/bar is subdirectory .foo:bar."
>
> Bye,
>