dovecot - Nov 2005 - Sub-Folder Query

Kaan Kivilcim wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question in regards to folders/sub-folders with dovecot and
> Microsoft Outlook 2000.
> 
> When creating folders if you do not append a "/" to the end of
the folder
> name you cannot create sub-folders. Is there any solution/work around so
> that users do not have to append a slash on the end of the folder name?
Sounds to me like you're using mbox storage?  This is a limitation of mbox -
a
mailbox cannot contain folders, and folders cannot contain messages.

This is not a limitation Maildir suffers from.
> I would like to use dovecot for about a 50-user IMAP server however adding
a
> slash to the end of folder names won't go down well with the users who
are
> not the most computer literate people.
I would recommend you try using Maildir.  If you don't want to mess with
your
LDA too much, Dovecot 1.0 can read your INBOX as mbox, and local folders as
Maildir.

I run Dovecot for approximately 25 users, and even Marketing has had no troubles
:P

--
Curtis Maloney
cmaloney at cardgate.net

Hi all,

I have a question in regards to folders/sub-folders with dovecot and
Microsoft Outlook 2000.

When creating folders if you do not append a "/" to the end of the
folder
name you cannot create sub-folders. Is there any solution/work around so
that users do not have to append a slash on the end of the folder name?

I would like to use dovecot for about a 50-user IMAP server however adding a
slash to the end of folder names won't go down well with the users who are
not the most computer literate people.


Cheers,
Kaan Kivilcim

PH:  +61 2 8337 8841        Network Admin/IT Support
FAX: +61 2 9693 5670              CT Freight Pty Ltd

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Kaan Kivilcim wrote:
> name you cannot create sub-folders. Is there any solution/work around so
> that users do not have to append a slash on the end of the folder name?
Use MailDir instead of mbox.

Bye,

-- 
Steffen Kaiser