Timo, examine these two simplified sets if you will. This, is a properly working $inbox folder:
d /home/david/.maildir /home/david/.maildir/dovecot.* d /home/david/.maildir/cur d /home/david/.maildir/new d /home/david/.maildir/tmp /home/david/.maildir/subscriptions This one is not, $inbox becomes \Noselect: d /home/david/.maildir /home/david/.any-file /home/david/.maildir/dovecot.* d /home/david/.maildir/cur d /home/david/.maildir/new d /home/david/.maildir/tmp /home/david/.maildir/subscriptions i can make directories willy nilly starting with a dot, but a -file- starting with a dot breaks my mailbox. it doesn't affect any other folder, just $inbox 2.0.6