Thank you for the info, Ken. Perhaps I should be more verbose: I do not know HOW to set up a "sub-folder". And when I try (using SquirrelMail) to set up a new "folder" (as SquirrelMail calls them), I get:
> ERROR : Could not complete request. > Reason Given: Invalid mailbox name You can try it yourself. URL: http://www.starchefs.com/sm/src/loginframeset.php User: foo3 Pass: flippity Curiously, I ALSO cannot create new folders under the 'old' account, whose 'subfolders' (Drafts, Sent, Sent Items (yes, redundant), and Trash) work fine... URL: http://www.starchefs.com/sm/src/loginframeset.php (same as above) User: jessietest Pass: foobarbaz Heeeeelp! :( On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Ken Murchison wrote: > JLB wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Tim Pushor wrote: > > > > > >>What mail client are you using? Is the user perhaps not subscribed to > >>those folders? Try checking their subscriptions. > >> > > > > > > ...how do I do that? And as for what mail client: SquirrelMail. :) > > This would have to be set via some interface to c-client (e.g. PHP). > > > > >>To be perfect honest (even though it is rather embarrasing) I don't > >>really understand subscriptions, even though I've been using Cyrus for > >>years ;-) > > > > > > I know perhaps one tenth as much about subscriptions as you do. ;) > > Its a way for a client to select a subset of mailboxes that it finds > "interesting" and/or wants to display, in the same fashion that you > "subscribe" to newgroups. > > > >>I just had a little stint with Groupwise 5.5 via IMAP (using Mozilla > >>thunderbird) where the users were not subscribed to the folders, and > >>none showed up - In the advanced account settings unchecking 'show only > >>subscribed folders' made them show up. > >> > > > > > > Incidentally, I am also confused about quotas. I want to set a TOTAL quota > > for the ENTIRE USER, NOT a quota on each individual mailbox. I wish to > > basically say: OK, user X can have up to 10MB of storage in their Inbox, > > Sent, Drafts AND Trash all at once. NOT 10MB in Inbox, 10MB in Sent, 10MB > > in Drafts.... > > > > Is there such a thing as a "sub-folder" or "sub-mailbox"? > > Just set a quota on the user's INBOX (user.X) and it will do what you want. > > -- > Kenneth Murchison Oceana Matrix Ltd. > Software Engineer 21 Princeton Place > 716-662-8973 x26 Orchard Park, NY 14127 > --PGP Public Key-- http://www.oceana.com/~ken/ksm.pgp > -- Jessica L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net