[Dovecot] Rename INDEX

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Wed Feb 25 02:09:40 EET 2009


On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 00:58 +0100, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
> 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. :-)

You said the mailbox name was INDEX, not INBOX. INBOX is a special
reserved name in IMAP. Some clients translate it internally to other
languages. There's no way to rename it, even if Dovecot allowed it your
client would most likely still just show it and become confused when it
couldn't open it.

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
Url : http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20090224/cb21858c/attachment.bin 


More information about the dovecot mailing list