Brent Jones wrote: > Phil Pennock wrote: >> On 2008-07-06 at 15:12 -0700, Brent Jones wrote: >> >>> It could be an IMAP client renaming these files, but not likely, the >>> application simply does a copy/purge on messages (in-house application) >>> >> So when the IMAP server sees the files and shows them to the user, >> doesn't it move them from the new/ sub-directory to the cur/ >> sub-directory? This being intrinsic to Maildir, rather than IMAP-level >> copy/purge. >> >> -Phil >> > It does, but we have an in-house application that comes in via IMAP, > does some message processing, and moves them out of the Inbox into > processed folders. > But it shouldnt be changing the name at all, since when it moves them, > it simply does a copy to another folder, mark the old message for > deletion, then purges.
If it uses the IMAP protocol to move the emails then it is entirely up to the IMAP server as to what it renames the files. I use Courier IMAP which renames the files when I move them to sub-folders to the remarkably similar: 1215438182.M472532P23404V0000000000000308I000F37AA_2270.zinc,S\=902:2,S while the original filenames are: 1215441815.H237085P23861.mail.linuxwan.net,S=1195 As you can see, we seem to have some similarities. I don't know what happened to your host name though, so that is quite strange. If you want to maintain the original filenames, then you have to work with the raw file system. Or hack courier to keep filenames when it moves them. Hmm, or maybe it's Thunderbird that renames them. -- The Exim Manual http://www.exim.org/docs.html http://docs.exim.org/current/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
