Changing IMAP separator - does it break things?

Markus Winkler
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:29:36 -0000

Hi Victor,

On 14.10.20 11:51, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Did it change anything on Dovecot disk/storage or is the IMAP separator
just
> "virtual" - ephemeral ?

just for the for the sake of completeness: there is a difference between
the hierarchy separator (for the mailbox name) and the layout separator,
which is responsible for the folder names on the disk - they are completely
independent.

Here you can see the details, if you not already know this page:

https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/namespace/

Regards,
Markus