Hi, There's been some demand from users to make it possible to use the period character (.) in folder names, but that is impossible when the folder separator is already period. Is there any possibility of replacing that which another separator, say a / ? -Mikko
On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 02:32 +0300, Mikko Kortelainen wrote:> Hi, > > There's been some demand from users to make it possible to use the > period character (.) in folder names, but that is impossible when the > folder separator is already period. > > Is there any possibility of replacing that which another separator, say > a / ?Currently Dovecot supports only Maildir++ directory layout, which specifies that '.' character is used as the separator in the filesystem. You can change that separator from the sources, but then you'll have to rename all the existing maildirs. src/lib-storage/index/maildir/maildir-storage.h MAILDIR_FS_SEP and MAILDIR_FS_SEP_S -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20060822/66d8219a/attachment.bin>
Just because you have 1 or 2 people asking to use a stupid PERIOD in a mailbox name does not merrit a demand or real reason to allow the period. Let em to use an underscore or dash ( _ - ) sheeesh! Is it worth the bother to redefine your code for that? hehe --- Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:> On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 02:32 +0300, Mikko Kortelainen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There's been some demand from users to make it possible to use the > > period character (.) in folder names, but that is impossible when the > > folder separator is already period. > > > > Is there any possibility of replacing that which another separator, say > > a / ? > > Currently Dovecot supports only Maildir++ directory layout, which > specifies that '.' character is used as the separator in the filesystem. > You can change that separator from the sources, but then you'll have to > rename all the existing maildirs. > > src/lib-storage/index/maildir/maildir-storage.h MAILDIR_FS_SEP and > MAILDIR_FS_SEP_S > >