> Server Configuration:
> dovecot-1.0.rc6
> Built with: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
> OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386 running on ufs
Thanks, Bruce. Timo et all; Bruce specifically has been looking
at my instance of dovecot after a friend of his reported problems
with Mail.app and my server.
More information:
Stock dovecot namespaces work;
This name space does not:
namespace private {
separator = .
prefix = INBOX.
inbox = yes
hidden = no
}
namespace private {
separator = /
inbox = no
hidden = yes
prefix = "#mail/"
location = mbox:/home/%u/mail
}
>
> Client configuration
> Mac OS X 10.4.7, using Apple Mail client.
>
> Issue:
> Apple Mail is able to connect to the server, but it is not seeing the
> available folder correctly.
>
> I did a little debugging and it looks like dovecot is failing to provide
the
> separator in response to the LIST command. I did not spend anytime trying
to
> figure out how other mail clients are getting this (my tcpdump is a little
> rusty these days). Here is what I see Mail sending to the server, and
it's
> responses.
>
> 1 LOGIN applecot ********
> 1 OK Logged in.
> 2 CAPABILITY
> * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT
> LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS
> 2 OK Capability completed.
> 3 LIST "" ""
> 3 OK List completed.
>
> The "LIST" command should be sending back the mailbox separator.
The IMAP
> spec seems pretty clear about this (but reading RFC's is always a bit
of a
> challenge).
>
> From the RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2060.txt
> 6.3..8. LIST Command
>
> Arguments: reference name
> mailbox name with possible wildcards
>
> Responses: untagged responses: LIST
>
> Result: OK - list completed
> NO - list failure: can't list that reference or name
> BAD - command unknown or arguments invalid
> ?
> An empty ("" string) reference name argument indicates that
the
> mailbox name is interpreted as by SELECT. The returned mailbox
> names MUST match the supplied mailbox name pattern. A non-empty
> reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
> mailbox hierarchy, and indicates a context in which the mailbox
> name is interpreted in an implementation-defined manner.
>
> An empty ("" string) mailbox name argument is a special
request to
> return the hierarchy delimiter and the root name of the name given
> in the reference. The value returned as the root MAY be null if
> the reference is non-rooted or is null. In all cases, the
> hierarchy delimiter is returned. This permits a client to get the
> hierarchy delimiter even when no mailboxes by that name currently
> exist.
> ?
>
> Example: C: A101 LIST "" ""
> S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" ""
> S: A101 OK LIST Completed
> C: A102 LIST #news.comp.mail.misc ""
> S: * LIST (\Noselect) "." #news.
> S: A102 OK LIST Completed
> C: A103 LIST /usr/staff/jones ""
> S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" /
> S: A103 OK LIST Completed
> C: A202 LIST ~/Mail/ %
> S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" ~/Mail/foo
> S: * LIST () "/" ~/Mail/meetings
> S: A202 OK LIST completed
>
> -- Bruce
>
>
