Agreed. This doesn't seem to be an issue with the IMAP server, but instead with Mutt. Mutt works great (as it should, opening an mbox file with a '.' in the file name) in <v1.5.19.
-j On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Steve Revilak <st...@srevilak.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michelle, > > Thanks for the response. However, it don't believe it addresses the > original question. > >>> srevilak> I'll move the selection cursor over "spam.200905" and press >> ^^^ >>> srevilak> SELECT failed: Can't open mailbox mail/spam/200905: no >> ^^^ >>UWIMAP is interpreting the "." as "/". > > > That seems believable. However, the original question was > > When accessing spam.200905 on server X, with MUA Y, > > (a) why does the "Can't open mailbox" error occur if Y is Mutt > 1.5.19, and > > (b) why does the "Can't open mailbox" *NOT* OCCUR if Y is some MUA > other than Mutt 1.5.19? > > (Please note that X is a constant.) > > Steve > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkojGaIACgkQX7YJI4BuyDRxkgCfRF6FmB5GyTaFw/rDwEE5MmIm > cIAAoMKpJZJ9FPMYRFdCXP8XLIEr1KYD > =+b6E > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >