Re: [Dovecot] virtual Folder Plugin with . Separator: [NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist

[Elmar Weber]

Hello,

Elmar Weber wrote:

I'm getting the message [NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist: name from
Thunderbird when I try to access any virtual folder.

namespace private {
  prefix = virtual.
  separator = .
  location = virtual:~/.maildir/.virtual
}

 [...]


I did some testing, and everything works when I seperate the folders 
with / instead with ., so when I create a folder 
~/.maildir/.virtual/test with a dovecot-virtual file everything works, 
not when I following the naming scheme I'd derive from the 
configuration: ~/.maildir/.virtual.test


Is this a problem of me missunderstanding or a configuration error?

ciao,
Elmar

[Dovecot] virtual Folder Plugin with . Separator: [NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist

[Elmar Weber]

Hello,

I've switched from courier-imap to dovecot to benefit from the virtual
folder feature. I'm using dovecot 1.2.6 on Gentoo Linux. However, I',
getting the message [NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist: name from
Thunderbird when I try to access any virtual folder.

The relevant setup:

mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir

namespace private {
   separator = .
   inbox = yes
   hidden = yes
   list = yes
}

namespace private {
  prefix = virtual.
  separator = .
  location = virtual:~/.maildir/.virtual
}

I then created the folders ~user/.maildir/.virtual and
~user/.maildir/.virtual.test and placed a file in .virtual.test with the
contents

==
*
  all
==

After a dovecot restart I'm getting the error message:
[NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist: test

Where did I make the mistake in the configuration? Is the . path
separator a problem case?

ciao,
Elmar