IMAP Hierarchy

[Travis Fraser]

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 07:35, Javier Perez wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Travis Fraser
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:46 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: IMAP Hierarchy
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 07:05, Javier Perez wrote:
> > Help!
> >
> > My IMAP hierarchy used to look like this:
> >
> > INBOX
> >    Cron
> >    Lists
> >      Fedora_list
> >      Clamav
> >
> >
> > etc.
> >
> > I changed mailserver from Courier-Imap to dovecot.
> > Also I had a trouble that forced me to reformat my win2k box.
> > Nevertheless the same situation happens with Thunderbird and Evolution.
> >
> > Now my hierarchy looks like this
> >
> > INBOX
> > Cron
> > Lists
> >   Fedora_list
> >   Clamav
> >
> > Furthermore, when I see the ~HOME/Maildir subdirectory I see a
> > .INBOX subdirectory that I did not use to have. I tried erasing it
> > with rmdir but it seems to get regenerated somehow.
> >
> > How can I go back to the old hierarchy? I tried moving
> > the subdirectories below Inbox, but that added a .INBOX suffix
> > to the corresponding subdirectories.
> I use dovecot to serve up IMAP. My maildir folders look like this:
> 
> ~/.maildir/.INBOX
> ~/.maildir/.INBOX.fedora
> ~/.maildir/.INBOX.razor-users
> ~/.maildir/.spam
> 
> In my mail client, the folders appear like this:
> 
> INBOX
>    fedora
>    razor-users
> spam
> 
> Travis Fraser
> 
> Hi Travis!
> 
> That was my point. I did not have an .INBOX entry before. I could move
> everyone
> below INBOX and let them gain the prefix .INBOX, but then I have to modify
> all
> of my procmailrc rules for classifying my e-mail. I'd rather not do it, but
> if I
> have to I will. I am just being a little lazy looking for an easy way out.
> 
> I wonder. Do Dovecot and Courier-IMAP have different ways to treat the
> hierarchy?
> I do not remember a .Inbox under Courier-IMAP. Is it a best practice to have
> a
> .inbox?
> 
I have never used courier-imap, but they apparently do treat the folders
differently. See 
http://www.koziarski.net/archives/2003/10/27/migratingcourierimaptodovecot.

You might have to change your procmail rules either way. Here is one of
my procmail rules:

:0:
* ^List-Id:.*fedora-list\.redhat\.com
$MAILDIR/.INBOX.fedora/

Hope this helps,
Travis Fraser