You probably want to read the description of "reference name argument" to understand what is happening here.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.3.8 michael > On April 17, 2017 at 8:33 AM Matthew Broadhead > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > i am using dovecot-2.2.10-7.el7.x86_64 on > centos-release-7-3.1611.el7.centos.x86_64. > > if i follow this tutorial > https://delog.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/access-imap-server-from-the-command-line-using-openssl/ > i can login to my server and successfully list the folders using > tag LIST "" "*" > > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX > tag OK List completed. > > no folders are listed using > tag LIST / "*" > tag OK List completed. > > when i request a folder listing using JavaMail it similarly sends the > following command and no folders are listed > a97 LIST / "*" > a97 OK List completed. > > if i follow the tutorial again and use my gmail account instead of my > dovecot installation i can successfully list folders using both methods > tag LIST / "*" > > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "youtube" > tag OK List completed. > > is there some way to make dovecot list folders when it receives the command > LIST / "*" > > i note that in the listings my dovecot installation has "." in the > middle and gmail has a "/"
