>>>>> "GE" == Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GE> When using maildir storage, is there any way to use something
GE> besides "." as the folder separator?
Please note that the following relates to dovecot 1.0. I've not looked to
see if 1.1 behaves differently.
Yes you can use a namespace
namespace private {
# empty prefix indicates the default namespace
prefix =
inbox = yes
separator = /
}
However using just this dovecot will still not allow maildir mailbox names
to contain a '.'.
GE> I like to use folder names that match people's e-mail addresses
GE> (that's a default behavior in mutt), and "." is a pretty popular
GE> character in e-mail addresses. Ideally, I'd like to use "/".
The (unofficial) listescape plugin
http://www.dovecot.org/patches/1.0/listescape-plugin.c
will allow maildir folder names to contain '.' (and '~' at the start
incidentally). Note however that this is only a good solution if you are
offering exclusively IMAP/POP3 access to the mailstore. If you are also
exposing mailboxes directly by a filesystem interface then standard
Maildir++ utilities are likely to get confused because a folder known to
the client as "a.b" will appear in the filesystem with a name of 'a\2eb'.
We have used this feature to migrate from a UW imapd based service to a
dovecot based service with (what I believe to be) no user visible
change. [1]
GE> Is "." allowed in mailbox names when using mbox storage?
Yes, I believe so.
Footnotes:
[1] Except that folders can now contain sub folders and messages.
