On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:30:17 +1100 Joel Reicher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This may sound like a stupid question, but what makes ~/mail/.svn not a > mailbox? From an IMAP standpoint, nothing. In terms of my personal needs, what makes it not a mailbox is the fact that while it does live in ~/mail, it's a meta-directory that exists only for purposes of Subversion. > If it's the leading "." character, and this principle applies to all other > dotfiles, then the solution is to rebuild imap-uw with hideDotFiles set > to "T" (true). I'm making a note of this for the next time I rebuild things. For the time being, I'm going to stick with the solution that Chris suggested. > If it's the fact that you didn't say it was a mailbox, and you want the > ability to anoint only some files in your ~/mail hierarchy as mailboxes, > then you'll need a mail client that uses the IMAP subscription facility > correctly. > > If it's neither of these, and you expect all files in ~/mail to be > mailboxes, then it's svn's fault for putting something there that isn't a > mailbox. svn's not smart enough to know what's what (nor do I expect it to be); all it knows is that I versioned a particular path, and it's going to drop its meta-directories everywhere it can. If anything, it's my own fault for not telling Subversion to ignore ~/mail. However, I'm happier having the best of both worlds. Thanks Joel! Shaun _______________________________________________ Imap-uw mailing list Imap-uw@u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-uw
