IMAP Folder Mail Separator

[Edgar Pettijohn]

On 07/18/15 20:41, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> I have a fedora21 install with dovecot-2.2.18, and when creating a new
>>> subfolder with thunderbird, the actual folder name is
>>> "Folder1^Folder2" with a carat as a separator, instead of creating
>>> Folder2 in the Folder1 directory.
>>>
>>> Is this a thunderbird problem? I don't recall having this problem
>>> prior to upgrading to fedora21, so thought maybe it's a dovecot
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Maybe the separator character is customizable?
>>
>> please post your old and the current configuration:
>>
>> doveconf -n
>>
>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir
>> and
>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Listescape
>>
>> seems to apply in your situation.
> Perhaps I'm just not understanding, but I've spent the last few days
> reading through those links, and I just don't understand. I'm really
> hoping my doveconf output will help. I've also understand this may be
> a long-standing thunderbird bug, but it worked up until a few months
> ago after a dovecot/fedora upgrade.
>
> # 2.2.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 4.0.7-300.fc22.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two)
> default_client_limit = 2000
> mail_gid = mail
> mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
> mail_privileged_group = mail
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> namespace inbox {
>    inbox = yes
>    location =
>    mailbox Drafts {
>      special_use = \Drafts
>    }
>    mailbox Junk {
>      special_use = \Junk
>    }
>    mailbox Sent {
>      special_use = \Sent
>    }
>    mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>      special_use = \Sent
>    }
>    mailbox Trash {
>      special_use = \Trash
>    }
>    prefix =
> }
> passdb {
>    driver = pam
> }
> passdb {
>    driver = pam
> }
> protocols = imap pop3
> service auth {
>    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>      group = postfix
>      mode = 0660
>      user = postfix
>    }
> }
> service imap-login {
>    inet_listener imap {
>      port = 0
>    }
>    inet_listener imaps {
>      port = 993
>    }
>    process_min_avail = 20
>    service_count = 0
> }
> service pop3-login {
>    inet_listener pop3 {
>      port = 0
>    }
>    inet_listener pop3s {
>      address = 192.168.1.100
>      port = 995
>    }
> }
> ssl_ca = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/ca-bundle.pem
> ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/orion-2015.pem
> ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/orion-2015.key
> userdb {
>    driver = passwd
> }
> userdb {
>    driver = passwd
> }
>
> Please let me know what other information I can provide to help
> troubleshoot this.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
I think this link will prove useful.

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders