setting mailsubdir from client config?

[Michael C. Greenspon]

It is typical for users to want to store their collection of mailbox 
files in a separate subdir. For example I have a link ~/mailboxes -> 
that points to my mailboxes folder on another volume, possibly a server 
volume. How can this configuration be specified from the client side, 
e.g. from the Mozilla server settings for the IMAP server? Shouldn't the 
user be able to simply specify "mailboxes" or "~/mailboxes" for their 
home "server directory"? I want to avoid hardcoding the default subdir 
string in env_unix.c since each user may have a different subdir name 
(personal choice) and want to avoid server-side config files (admini 
headache.) Why am I (and so many other users it seems) having difficulty 
configuring this from the mail client side?

If I set "mailboxes" as the  server home in Mozilla, I am able to 
subscribe to/see all and only my mail folders, but I am only able to 
access ~/INBOX (which is its own link to ~/mailboxes/Inbox). All other 
mailbox files are inaccessible even though they show up in the subscribe 
list.  If this is a Mozilla bug can someone at least explain how it 
'should' work, i.e. how the 'home dir' and 'namespace' settings plus the 
mailbox name should map to the unix path for the file? Isn't just a 
simple catenation?

Thanks,
Michael
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