I don't know if this is an Evolution bug or not, but when I use the maildir format with Dovecot 0.99.10p2 (from OpenBSD packages collection) and connect to it from Evolution 1.4 using IMAP, Evolution displays subfolders incorrectly. It actually does not show any subfolders, only root folders with names like "Folder.Subfolder" and "Folder.Subfolder.Subsubfolder". There's no such problem when using traditional mailboxes. Is this an Evolution bug or one of Dovecot's? I had thought the IMAP protocol should act the same no matter which mail dir structure was used... -- Mikko Kortelainen mkortela at cc.hut.fi
mkortela at cc.hut.fi wrote:> I don't know if this is an Evolution bug or not, but when I use the > maildir format with Dovecot 0.99.10p2 (from OpenBSD packages collection) > and connect to it from Evolution 1.4 using IMAP, Evolution displays > subfolders incorrectly. It actually does not show any subfolders, only > root folders with names like "Folder.Subfolder" and > "Folder.Subfolder.Subsubfolder".Evolution is not using the Maildir++ standard to create subfolders where every folder is a subdirectory of the INBOX. Evolution creates subdirectories inside the subfolders directories. See http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/README.maildirquota.html for the Maildir++ specification. -- http://reboot.animeirc.de (Personal Homepage) http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/ (Open Source Mailer)
On 18.6.2004, at 13:00, mkortela at cc.hut.fi wrote:> I don't know if this is an Evolution bug or not, but when I use the > maildir format with Dovecot 0.99.10p2 (from OpenBSD packages > collection) > and connect to it from Evolution 1.4 using IMAP, Evolution displays > subfolders incorrectly. It actually does not show any subfolders, only > root folders with names like "Folder.Subfolder" and > "Folder.Subfolder.Subsubfolder". There's no such problem when using > traditional mailboxes. Is this an Evolution bug or one of Dovecot's? I > had > thought the IMAP protocol should act the same no matter which mail dir > structure was used...Evolution is probably caching wrong hierarchy separator (you switched from mbox to maildir? they have different separators), recreating the account in Evolution should help. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 186 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20040618/3af08462/attachment-0001.bin>
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