dovecot - Dec 2003 - Folder names

I'm not sure offhand exactly which version of Dovecot I'm running - it
doesn't seem to have a -V switch. Anyway, I created a folder which had
periods in the name. There was no problem with that, but MUAs now report
that folder as a hierarchy. For example:

customers
|
+-customername.com
|
+-another.customer.com

has become:

customers
|
+-customername
| |
| +-com
|
+-another
  |
  +-customer
    |
    +-com

Now the obvious answer is "don't do that". However, should Dovecot
either a) refuse to create a folder with an embedded period in the name
or 2) manage (somehow) the fact that not all periods represent
hierarchical delimiters?

Keith

PS Damn fine software, Dovecot

On Dec 5, 2003, at 11:48 PM, Keith Edmunds wrote:
> I'm not sure offhand exactly which version of Dovecot I'm running -
it
> doesn't seem to have a -V switch.
There's --version. Looks like it's missing in the help line.
> Anyway, I created a folder which had
> periods in the name. There was no problem with that, but MUAs now 
> report
> that folder as a hierarchy. For example:
Yep, default maildir hierarchy separator is a period.
> Now the obvious answer is "don't do that". However, should
Dovecot
> either a) refuse to create a folder with an embedded period in the name
> or 2) manage (somehow) the fact that not all periods represent
> hierarchical delimiters?
It's not really possible for Dovecot to know which one you meant if 
hierarchy separator is '.' too. Next version has it configurable, so if 
you then changed it to '/' I guess I could make it then refuse to 
create any folders with '.' in it's name. Or if you wanted to, you 
could change the maildir++ separator in the filesystem itself (easy to 
change in next version as well).