On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 07:35, Javier Perez wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Travis Fraser > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:46 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: IMAP Hierarchy > > > On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 07:05, Javier Perez wrote: > > Help! > > > > My IMAP hierarchy used to look like this: > > > > INBOX > > Cron > > Lists > > Fedora_list > > Clamav > > > > > > etc. > > > > I changed mailserver from Courier-Imap to dovecot. > > Also I had a trouble that forced me to reformat my win2k box. > > Nevertheless the same situation happens with Thunderbird and Evolution. > > > > Now my hierarchy looks like this > > > > INBOX > > Cron > > Lists > > Fedora_list > > Clamav > > > > Furthermore, when I see the ~HOME/Maildir subdirectory I see a > > .INBOX subdirectory that I did not use to have. I tried erasing it > > with rmdir but it seems to get regenerated somehow. > > > > How can I go back to the old hierarchy? I tried moving > > the subdirectories below Inbox, but that added a .INBOX suffix > > to the corresponding subdirectories. > I use dovecot to serve up IMAP. My maildir folders look like this: > > ~/.maildir/.INBOX > ~/.maildir/.INBOX.fedora > ~/.maildir/.INBOX.razor-users > ~/.maildir/.spam > > In my mail client, the folders appear like this: > > INBOX > fedora > razor-users > spam > > Travis Fraser > > Hi Travis! > > That was my point. I did not have an .INBOX entry before. I could move > everyone > below INBOX and let them gain the prefix .INBOX, but then I have to modify > all > of my procmailrc rules for classifying my e-mail. I'd rather not do it, but > if I > have to I will. I am just being a little lazy looking for an easy way out. > > I wonder. Do Dovecot and Courier-IMAP have different ways to treat the > hierarchy? > I do not remember a .Inbox under Courier-IMAP. Is it a best practice to have > a > .inbox? > I have never used courier-imap, but they apparently do treat the folders differently. See http://www.koziarski.net/archives/2003/10/27/migratingcourierimaptodovecot. You might have to change your procmail rules either way. Here is one of my procmail rules: :0: * ^List-Id:.*fedora-list\.redhat\.com $MAILDIR/.INBOX.fedora/ Hope this helps, Travis Fraser
