[Dovecot] Rename INDEX

Daniel Aleksandersen aleksandersen+dovecot at runbox.com
Wed Feb 25 01:58:58 EET 2009


Sendt: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:11 -0500
Fra: Timo Sirainen
> On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 22:41 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
> > > What does it contain? Sounds like you have somehow just created a
> > > mailbox called INDEX. You can probably just delete it.
> > 
> > It contains new messages. I assume this is the root email directory. My email client
> > cannot rename that folder. Every other folder can be renamed.
> > 
> > I have no folder called .INDEX in my maildir. I have, however, a file called dovecot.index
> 
> What IMAP client do you use? Perhaps it has created it internally? Try
> talking IMAP directly and see if LIST lists the mailbox:
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/TestInstallation

I am using Opera Mail. The folder is listen over telnet and it is shown in that test
of your’s as well. I thus assume it is by design. But should I not be able to rename
it? INBOX does not necessarily mean the same in all languages, for example. :-)
-- 
Daniel


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