On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Dave Anderson wrote:
> I have installed the Red Hat 7.3 postfix and imapd RPMs. I have everything
> setup and pretty much working. The one problem I run into is trying to
> create subdirectories in folders. I can not create any folders under my
> Inbox. I can create folders outside of my Inbox, but in those folders, I can
> not create subdirectories either. What do I have to do to enable
> subdirectories within folders? I can not seem to find any documentation on
> this problem.
Did you read the FAQ that is included with the IMAP toolkit? If it was
not included in your RPM, you can find it on the web at:
http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html
The short answer to your question is that in the default UNIX mailbox
format, a name is a "mailbox file" containing messages or a "directory"
that contains files, but can not be both. You can create directories (as
opposed to files) by appending "/" to the name, or simply by creating a
file under the name. For example, if you create mailbox "foo/bar" then
the directory "foo" will also be created if it does not already exist.
-- Mark --
http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
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