All this depends on the IMAP serve. Many IMAP servers - all "Cyrus" IMAP
servers, for example, which are used by many institutions and ISPs, requires
ALL other folders to be subfolders on the INBOX. That's just how it is -
there's nothing you can do about that. That shouldn't stop you using rules
to get mail put into other folders, with Options of Account page to
"Download complete messages" and "Check for new messages in subscribed
folders". But you do need some special rules above all the other rules:
1. If <Folder> is not <Inbox (IMAP)>
Change status to <not junk>
2. Unless <folder> is <Inbox (IMAP)>
[Remove all actions]
� Do not apply other rules to messages that meet these criteria
This applies also to the other sort of IMAP accounts where you can have
parallel folders to INBOX. It's just something that gets it working smoothly
with rules. IMAP rules will run on every folder, sending things round and
round, if you don't have Rule 2 above.
--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html
PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - 2001 or X.
It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise.
> From: John Siracusa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 10:43:29 -0400
> To: Entourage Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Entourage and the Courier IMAP server
>
> I found this old post in a thread about Entourage and Courier IMAP:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg07450.html
>
>>>> While New->Folder is enabled, if you try to use it, you get errors.
>>>
>>> The Courier server is one of the types that force you to use INBOX as
>>> your 'root' folder. You can set that up in Edit Account->Options; enter
>>> 'inbox' in the 'Root folder:' field. After that you can use New->Folder
>>> and a folder will be created within the Inbox, with no errors.
>>
>> Except when I tried that, INBOX stopped being accessible for incoming mail.
>
> I have the same problem.
>
> I use both Entourage on Mac OS 9 and Entourage X. All I want is what I had
> with my previous IMAP server: folders at the "top level" under my IMAP
> account, including INBOX. So far, I haven't been able to achieve that with
> courier imapd and Entourage.
>
> I've tried setting the "Root folder" in Entourage's account settings to
> everything I could think of: "INBOX", "INBOX.", "Maildir/INBOX", etc. The
> closest I can get is what is described above: with a prefix of "INBOX",
> everything looks normal, but I can no longer access my INBOX to get new
> email, which is kind of a problem :)
>
> This is courier-imap-2.1.1 and Entourage 9.0.2 (4011) on Mac OS 9 and
> Entourage X 10.1.1 (2418).
>
> I even tried evil stuff like this on the server side:
>
> cd ~/Maildir/inbox
> mkdir .Inbox
> cd .Inbox
> ln -s ~/Maildir/inbox/new
> ln -s ~/Maildir/inbox/cur
> ln -s ~/Maildir/inbox/tmp
>
> and then I set my "Root dir" in Entourage to be "inbox". That "almost"
> worked. I could see my new, fake "Inbox" folder and its contents at the
> root level alongside my other folders, but I'd never see any new mail arrive
> anywhere.
>
> So now I'm back to a blank "Root dir" in Entourage, which means every folder
> is nested under INBOX. It looks totally dumb, but at least it functions.
>
> Anyway, is anyone out there using the Courier IMAP server with Entourage,
> but without having every folder nested under INBOX?
>
> -John
>
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