[Dovecot] Sharing nested folders / maildir variations?

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Mon Jun 4 15:35:10 EEST 2007


On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 23:10 -0700, SeattleServer.com wrote:
> So it seems that removing the dot would break that unless cur/tmp/new/ 
> subscriptions/dovecot* started with a dot and folders did not (thus  
> reversing the usual convention).

It doesn't break, but it does mean that you aren't able to create
mailboxes named "cur", "tmp", "new", "subscriptions", etc.

> So what happens if I use the following two together, on a system not  
> setting struct dirent->d_type?
> 
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=FS
> maildir_stat_dirs = no

LAYOUT=FS uses completely different code (same as mbox listing) and
doesn't use maildir_stat_dirs at all.

> Lastly, any idea how long before this feature can be expected to  
> reach production?

v1.1 is hopefully ready at the end of this summer.

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