On 3/7/03 5:16 am, "Andrew Gaffney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I emerge'd courier-imap. I set up a test user with 'useradd -m testuser' to > make sure the .maildir > and correct files got created. I can access the mailbox with IMAP from > Mozilla, but when I try to > create a folder, I get the error 'The current command did not succeed. The > mail server responded: > Invalid mailbox name.' I tried adding a folder called 'Discuss' and 'test' > under Inbox and the main > account name. I can copy messages into the Inbox folder just fine. Anyone have > any idea what's going on? IMAP seems to be a bit quirky - because the RFC specification for it may be (I believe this is a debated point) unclear different clients behave in different ways. For instance: I cannot get Microsoft IMAP clients under Windows to co-exist with <some other, I can't remember which> client on the same server - M$ expects the magic folder "Deleted Items", the other "Trash". Funnily enough, Mac OS X users of M$'s entourage email client can select the name of their magic folder. Some notes on configuring different clients with Courier-IMAP are available at http://tinyurl.com/70df Are your users virtually-hosted or do they exist in /etc/passwd..? I have no experience of the former, but in the latter case I'd shell into the mailserver: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ maildirmake -f Test\ Folder .maildir/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ ls -a .maildir/ | grep Test .Test Folder Maildirmake is documented in the man pages. I have sometimes found this to be better than trying to use the mail client to create folders across the IMAP connection, as this may be quirky. OTOH, Entourage seems to refuse to subscribe to new folders on the IMAP server which have not been created by itself, so YMMV. HTH, Stroller. -- Enjoyed this post? Thanks for reading - please consider employing me! Technical support / system administration - CV available on request Linux / Unix / Windows / Mac OS X - UK or anywhere considered -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
