dovecot - Sep 2005 - 1.0.alpha1: Namespaces

Hi,

I'm currently using 1.0.alpha1 without luck regarding a namespace
issue. Maybe it's a general understanding problem on my side, but
let's see :-)

I would like to have my mail stored in Maildir format below
~/.maildir/, which works fine so far.

I want any (sub)folders to be created like this:

	~/.maildir/
		/cur
		/new
		/tmp
		/.Folder/
			/cur
			/new
			/tmp
			/.Subfolder/
				/cur
				/new
				/tmp

BUT ;) Dovecot seems to disregard my namespace settings:

--8<--[ /etc/dovecot.conf ]--8<--
default_mail_env = maildir:~/.maildir:INDEX=MEMORY
namespace private {
	separator = /
#	prefix #	location = maildir:~/.maildir
	inbox = yes
	hidden = no
}
--8<--

Every new (sub)folder I create is stored as

	~/.maildir/.Folder
	resp.
	~/.maildir/.Folder.Subfolder

in the filesystem.

Are namespaces the right way?
Is it possible at all?

Thanks in advance.
-- 
Wolfram Schlich

Hi,

yes I see a similar problem, I am also not able to use a / as a folder 
separator. Whatever I do, dovecot seems to insist in using a dot. This 
makes it impossible to set up mail to be read locally (e.g. with mutt) 
and remotely, using a imap client, which is what I want to do.


Any help welcome,

	Andrew
Wolfram Schlich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently using 1.0.alpha1 without luck regarding a namespace
> issue. Maybe it's a general understanding problem on my side, but
> let's see :-)
> 
> I would like to have my mail stored in Maildir format below
> ~/.maildir/, which works fine so far.
> 
> I want any (sub)folders to be created like this:
> 
> 	~/.maildir/
> 		/cur
> 		/new
> 		/tmp
> 		/.Folder/
> 			/cur
> 			/new
> 			/tmp
> 			/.Subfolder/
> 				/cur
> 				/new
> 				/tmp
> 
> BUT ;) Dovecot seems to disregard my namespace settings:
> 
> --8<--[ /etc/dovecot.conf ]--8<--
> default_mail_env = maildir:~/.maildir:INDEX=MEMORY
> namespace private {
> 	separator = /
> #	prefix > #	location = maildir:~/.maildir
> 	inbox = yes
> 	hidden = no
> }
> --8<--
> 
> Every new (sub)folder I create is stored as
> 
> 	~/.maildir/.Folder
> 	resp.
> 	~/.maildir/.Folder.Subfolder
> 
> in the filesystem.
> 
> Are namespaces the right way?
> Is it possible at all?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

-- 
Andrew Maier
andrew at maier dot name

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Wolfram Schlich wrote:
> Every new (sub)folder I create is stored as
>
> 	~/.maildir/.Folder
> 	resp.
> 	~/.maildir/.Folder.Subfolder
>
> in the filesystem.
>
> Are namespaces the right way?
> Is it possible at all?
This is how MailDir works actually, the separator is for the client to 
know how to separate the mail subfolders and does not apply to mail 
storage.

Meaning: When a client talks to the IMAP server, it must use:

SELECT "Folder/Subfolder"

But on disk you always get .Folder.Subfolder, because MailDir is designed 
like that.

Bye,

-- 
Steffen Kaiser