> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Berkowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:41 AM > Subject: Re: IMAP Folders Question > > On 1/22/06 8:52 AM, "Jeff Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just switched my personal IMAP server from UW-IMAP to Courier-IMAP. > > Everything is working fine except for the display of IMAP servers. When I > > was using the UW-IMAP server, the folder names would appear all in a line on > > the left side of the screen. I was using "mail" as the root folder setting. > > Now, with the Courier-IMAP server, the INBOX is shown first with an arrow, > > and then all of my other folders are under the INBOX. I have put "INBOX." > > in the root folder setting but it does not make a difference. > > > > I have set up other clients, and then work as I would imagine they would > > just like the UW-IMAP server did. I have used Outlook on the PC and Apple > > Mail on a Mac. Both handle the folders as I want them to. Only Entourage > > is working differently. Does anybody have any ideas? > > There are no ideas to be had here. IMAP servers are just how they are - > there's nothing you can do about it, > > There are two types of IMAP server arrangements: one where any number of > IMAP folders can exist at the top level, the other where only the INBOX can > exist at the top level and all other folders are subfolders of the INBOX. > This has nothing to do with the email client (Entourage, Outlook, Mail) that > you use for accessing the IMAP account - it just depends on the server. If > you open up Apple Mail and set up your IMAP account there, you'll find > exactly the same thing: all folders will be subfolders of the INBOX. That's > just how it is. Big deal. >
You did not read my message correctly. If I set up my e-mail account (from the new Courier-IMAP server) in Apple Mail or MS Outlook (PC version), the folders are set up the way I want, all in a line. If I set up my e-mail account (from the new Courier-IMAP server) in Entourage, the folders are shown under the INBOX. Both clients are set up exactly the same with "INBOX." as the root folder setting. Even in Squirrelmail it shows the folders in a line, not shown as sub folders under the INBOX folder. How come Entourage is showing the folder structure differently than the other two clients? All three clients are set up exactly the same. > I have two IMAP accounts: my .Mac account has any number of folders at the > top level; my university account has all folders as subfolders of the INBOX. > Any email client I use shows that clearly. > > Your assumption that "other clients" work "like the UW-IMAP server" did is > twisted logic, and incorrect. Clients work like clients - they reflect the > account server structure, whatever it may be. And all IMAP accounts do NOT > work as the UW-IMAP server do. Many IMAP accounts do not allow any folder > other than the INBOX at the top level. > It is not incorrect or twisted logic when all three clients are set up exactly the same way, and two work the way I think they should, and one is not. And, Entourage is the one that is not working the way I would expect it to. > (It may only be a coincidence - probably is - but my personal experience is > that the same accounts that allow only the INBOX just happen to be more > modern servers that are also UIDPLUS - they stay in constant sync with the > server if you check "Live Sync" in Tools/Accounts/Mail/that account/Options. > If you select "Get Info" when right-clicking (control-clicking) on the > server icon in your Folder List, if UIDPLUS shoe up there, you can do the > same. That's a much greater advantage than being able to make a folder at > the top level. In non-UIDPLUS IMAP accounts, checking Live Sync does > nothing.) I was not aware of the UIDPLUS setting. I will look into that. Thanks for the information. Jeff -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
