dovecot - Jun 2008 - Need help configuering Dovecot to support folders that contain sub-folders and messages

Hi -

Last year I set up a new CentOS 5 server and through the install  
process permitted it to set up dovecot as my IMAP server.
./dovecote --version returns "1.0.rc15"

With the system up and running I moved the tar files of my old email  
accounts over and everything seemed to be just fine.

Recently I have upgraded my primary workstation to a Mac Pro - and  
that of course has it's Mail application.

Let me summarize briefly to be sure that I don't omit some minor  
detail that makes all the difference in the world.  Previously I used  
Netscape 7.2 as my mail client and then went over to Thunderbird on  
the PC - in either application, under Server Settings / Advanced I had  
to uncheck the box "Server supports folders that contain sub-folders  
and messages".   Then whenever I attempted to add a new subfolder I  
would be given a choice -  "This server restricts folders to two  
special kinds.  Allow your new folder to contain:  [] Folders Only [x]  
Messages Only".

Though perhaps not ideal, this has worked ok up till now.   The  
Leopard Mail application doesn't seem to have this sort of support -  
it assumes that every folder or subfolder can and should contain both,  
so all I get are folders that can hold messages.   This is a problem  
as I can't create any new folders to reorganize mail.

Though I had thought about resolving this, or at least trying to when  
I first encountered it - life got busy.  So my skills have become a  
bit rusty and I have not done anything about it.  But now I would like  
to.

I ported over my email and my wife's - so perhaps there is some legacy  
setting in those folders that prevents the bliss of folders and mail  
in the same subfile.   But I created a new email account for my  
daughter and that has the same limitation.   In Leopard mail, folders  
to hold folders look White, whereas folders to hole mail look blue.

In Thunderbird Folders to hold Folders are in Italics whereas Folders  
to hold mail are normal font.

I am also using Webmin to simplify access to the server, but I don't  
see anything obvious under the dovecot tool for this.

The installation was the basic default, so far as I can remember.  I  
have run Yum to update the files and at last review there was nothing  
outstanding.

Regarding my configuration, dovecot -n reports as follows:

[root at trailrunner sbin]# ./dovecot --version
1.0.rc15
[root at trailrunner sbin]# ./dovecot -n
# /etc/dovecot.conf
base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/
protocols: imap imaps
listen:
disable_plaintext_auth: yes
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login
login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
mail_extra_groups: mail
mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
auth default:
   passdb:
     driver: pam
   userdb:
     driver: passwd
[root at trailrunner sbin]#

Truly hoping that someone can help me resolve this.  While I can use  
Thunderbird, I do like the Apple Mail feature of seeing the summary of  
email at the top of the list.

Appreciate the help and insights -
Cheers
Dan

On 6/13/2008, Dan Roberts (dan at jlazyh.com) wrote:
> ./dovecote --version returns "1.0.rc15"
Upgrade... then we'll talk...

rc15 is just too old and buggy...

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Best regards,

Charles

Charles Marcus p??e v P? 13. 06. 2008 v 13:16 -0400:
> On 6/13/2008, Dan Hor?k (dan at danny.cz) wrote:
> > When CentOS 5.2 is released (I hope it is only very few weeks away),
you
> > will get 1.0.7, the same as is in RHEL 5.2.
> 
> I would *never* use any OS/distro that dictated what version of what s/w 
> I could run.
> 
Hmm, I do not see any dictate here what you can run. Especially on
CentOS ...
> In this case, all you need to do is look around. atrpms.net has fully up 
> to date rpms for most redhat based sitros...
> 

		Dan

On 6/13/2008, Dan Roberts (dan at jlazyh.com) wrote:
> Using Yum (or whatever it is called) I thought things were up to
> date.   Though I use to hack code and fearlessly write perl, my
> skills are rusty and I don't want to blow a whole in the system.
As I said... add atrpms.net to your available repositories... it has up 
to date rpms...

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Best regards,

Charles

On Jun 13, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Dan Roberts wrote:
> mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Like others said, mbox is your problem. For migrating to maildir, see  
for example http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat. Don't bother  
trying the convert plugin though, it's broken in 1.0.rc15.

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