Dave Teske [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> That's the server I was running too. The basic problem is that the UW
> server can't handle transferring messages to different types of mail
boxes.
> So if I have an "Inbox" that is in Maildir format and I create sub-folders
> (which are created in Mailbox format) the server won't let you copy stuff
> from the "inbox" to your sub-folders. If you check the archives this was
> discussed sometime in the last 3-4 weeks (look for messages in the thread
> "getting maildir + imap working").
>
> --Dave
Okay, I just looked back and read that thread (along with a few other
threads about the same issue), and I think I now understand the root of the
problem: sub-folders are created in Mbox format, so when the INBOX is in
Maildir format, moving messages from the INBOX to other folders is not
supported because of an inadequacy in the Maildir driver. Is this on target?
>From what I read, it almost looks like the problem has been fixed by "Todd
at NM Technet". He said:
From: Todd at NM Technet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 11:16:57 -0600
Subject: Re: Getting Maildir + IMAP working
[snip]
> the result: the maildir driver for the UW imap server is very
> rudimentary. it works extremely well for inboxes, but not well for any
> other folders. i have patched it a bit to handle creating new maildirs
> correclty and copying between the inbox and other folders, but it doesn't
> handle other folders very elegantly yet.
[snip]
If all the folders are kept in Maildir format (which I rather prefer) then
the function of moving messages between folders of different formats is not
required. Right? However, he says that this "doesn't handle other folders
very elegantly yet". What does this mean? That creation and usage of these
additional Maildir folders is messy? Or that he does not like being
restricted to just using Maildir folders?
(Kind of weird to be asking you what he meant... so that's why I cc'ed this
message to him.)
Todd: Could you post a copy of this patch to the list or send it to me?
This seems like a good solution - to only use Maildir folders. If Todd's
patch is kind of messy, perhaps I could take another hack at implementing
the same thing.
- David Harris
Principal Engineer, DRH Internet Services
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Teske [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 11:57 AM
To: qmail-list
Subject: RE: Q: qmail + IMAP
At 11:25 AM 6/14/99 , you wrote:
>Humph.
>
>I'm about to have a co-worker patch a the qmail-imap server to support
>virtual POP/IMAP users for each virtual domains using Maildirs, while still
>allow the UNIX users to pick up their mail from the /var/spool/mail mbox
>files. I need IMAP support, so I can't start from qmail-pop3d, but I'm
>planning to start from the UW server in David Summers' qmail-imap Linux RPM
>which is based on Mattias Larsson's patch to add maildir to the imap
server.
>(all mentioned at qmail.org) I'm looking at the qmail-imap-4.5.BETA version
>of this RPM which is at:
> ftp://summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/qmail
That's the server I was running too. The basic problem is that the UW
server can't handle transferring messages to different types of mail boxes.
So if I have an "Inbox" that is in Maildir format and I create sub-folders
(which are created in Mailbox format) the server won't let you copy stuff
from the "inbox" to your sub-folders. If you check the archives this was
discussed sometime in the last 3-4 weeks (look for messages in the thread
"getting maildir + imap working").
--Dave
>You say that this software has problems with Maildirs? If so, I would help
>if you could give me some descriptions of the problems that you've been
>experiencing. If there is stuff that needs to be fixed, I could have this
>guy go over the maildir support source code with a fine tooth comb to get
>any problems out. I took a brief skim over the patch and it didn't look too
>daunting.
>
>
> - David Harris
> Principal Engineer, DRH Internet Services
>
