I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro to operate as local mail storage. My mail is stored in the Maildir format. Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory names? (e.g., ~/Maildir/somefolder instead of ~/Maildir/.somefolder). OS X's spotlight indexing/search service will not index "hidden" directories (those that begin with a period), so I would like Maildir to use non dot-files for its base names so that my email is indexed. I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck. (I was able to connect in all cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names. Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the leading dot? I have hunted the mailing list for an answer to this, and the only suggestions that came close did not seem to work.
On Thursday, July 10 at 07:14 PM, quoth Tobias Zimmerman:> I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook ProI assume you mean you're running Dovecot. ;)> Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the > directory names?With 1.0.13? Not without hacking up the source. Version 1.1 allows you to do this: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs In which case, your mailboxes will be arranged without the preceeding dot.> I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I > tried setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck. (I was able to > connect in all cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names.The separator has nothing to do with the backend storage (and *SHOULDN'T*).> Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the > leading dot?Not in 1.0.13. ~Kyle -- A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 196 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20080711/09e2f8a1/attachment-0002.bin>
Yes, I meant dovecot! Sorry, I had the whole issue swirling in my brain. I was afraid your answer was the case. While I read about the layout=fs option in the release notes to 1.1, there isn't really a clear description of what that does (at least, not that I could find). Oh well, hopefully someone will port 1.1.1 to MacPorts soon and I can make the change. I appreciate your answering my question. Tobias On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Kyle Wheeler <kyle-dovecot at memoryhole.net> wrote:> On Thursday, July 10 at 07:14 PM, quoth Tobias Zimmerman: > >> I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro >> > > I assume you mean you're running Dovecot. ;) > > Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory >> names? >> > > With 1.0.13? Not without hacking up the source. Version 1.1 allows you to > do this: > > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs > > In which case, your mailboxes will be arranged without the preceeding dot. > > I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried >> setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck. (I was able to connect in all >> cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names. >> > > The separator has nothing to do with the backend storage (and *SHOULDN'T*). > > Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the >> leading dot? >> > > Not in 1.0.13. > > ~Kyle > -- > A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support > of Paul. > -- George Bernard Shaw > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Thank you for using encryption! > > iD8DBQFIduvDBkIOoMqOI14RAgqqAJ0UGh4HvJcAMgGOanjM8Dz2TH7ADACbB0NF > UxousTPQOvJ3oyfpOPsjqTg> =z6no > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >