On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Stew Benedict wrote: > > > > - add patch17, mailsubdir in $HOME/Mail (Giuseppe Ghibò) > > > > Is this wise? I have patched our own imap package that we run on our > mail server to put mail in $HOME/mail, but I wasn't about to propose it > (even though without it Outlook Express tries every subfolder of $HOME > for mail folders), since surely this will disrupt existing servers which > already have mail in $HOME ? Or at least, the release notes should warn > about this, and tell you how to migrate (unless it has been tested and > clients can still find the folders after the upgrade, which from what I > remember is not the case). >
Possibly not. Guiseppe convinced me there was an issue with various clients creating a variety of mail folder arrangements under $HOME, so it seemed a good idea to at least centralize under $HOME/Mail. I didn't really consider existing installations, and probably should have. In reality, I'm not sure how many people use a number of different clients, except maybe initially, when they are trying to find one that suites them. Seems like this should be something the administrator can configure as he/she wishes. I'll look at it further. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
