Kyle Wheeler wrote:
On Tuesday, August 21 at 02:15 PM, quoth Patrick - South Valley Internet:
What's even more odd is that when I created a new folder within
Outlook Express, I see it in /home/USERNAME/Maildir/subscriptions,
but I don't see the folder anywhere...how does Dovecot see these IMAP
folders? Is there some sort of tag that is contained within each
Maildir email that tells what folder it goes in to?
The new folders are created with names prefixed by a period.
For example, imagine you have the following IMAP folders (subfolders
separated by a slash (/)):
INBOX
Sent
Trash
Drafts
INBOX/Business
INBOX/Family
These would typically be stored like so:
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/ <-- "INBOX"
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.Sent/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.Trash/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.Drafts/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.INBOX.Business/
/home/USERNAME/Maildir/.INBOX.Family/
Doing a simple `ls` in the Maildir won't show the other folders,
because they begin with a period (and are considered "hidden" by ls).
Do an `ls -a` and they'll show up. That's standard Maildir++ layout,
which is what you get when your config says:
mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir
~Kyle
Yes I finally figured that out yesterday. Once I figured that out,
everything else fell into place.
Thanks again for all the help.
Patrick
