Re: [Dovecot] Version 1.0.13 - Maildir directory names

[Tobias Zimmerman]

Yes, I meant dovecot!  Sorry, I had the whole issue swirling in my brain.

I was afraid your answer was the case.  While I read about the layout=fs
option in the release notes to 1.1, there isn't really a clear description
of what that does (at least, not that I could find).

Oh well, hopefully someone will port 1.1.1 to MacPorts soon and I can make
the change.  I appreciate your answering my question.

Tobias

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Kyle Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> On Thursday, July 10 at 07:14 PM, quoth Tobias Zimmerman:
>
>> I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro
>>
>
> I assume you mean you're running Dovecot. ;)
>
>  Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory
>> names?
>>
>
> With 1.0.13? Not without hacking up the source. Version 1.1 allows you to
> do this:
>
>   mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
>
> In which case, your mailboxes will be arranged without the preceeding dot.
>
>  I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried
>> setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck.  (I was able to connect in all
>> cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names.
>>
>
> The separator has nothing to do with the backend storage (and *SHOULDN'T*).
>
>  Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the
>> leading dot?
>>
>
> Not in 1.0.13.
>
> ~Kyle
> --
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[Dovecot] Version 1.0.13 - Maildir directory names

[Tobias Zimmerman]

I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro
to operate as local mail storage.  My mail is stored in the Maildir format.

Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory
names?  (e.g., ~/Maildir/somefolder instead of ~/Maildir/.somefolder).  OS
X's spotlight indexing/search service will not index "hidden" directories
(those that begin with a period), so I would like Maildir to use non
dot-files for its base names so that my email is indexed.

I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried
setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck.  (I was able to connect in all
cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names.

Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the leading
dot?

I have hunted the mailing list for an answer to this, and the only
suggestions that came close did not seem to work.