Brian Reichert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > Also, where did you read that "~/Maildir/" was the proper mailbox prefix.
I've
> > got things working without any kind of mailbox prefix.
>
> I have to admit, I can't find out where I got that. I think what
> threw me was this sentence WRT imap-4.5-qmail.patch:
>
> "The Maildir driver naturally looks in the standard qmail
> location of ~/Maildir."
>
> I think I presumed to manually tell the client where to look, in
> case the maildir root was named differently.
Oh no.. what that sentence I was trying to say that the Maildir driver looks
for the maildir at ~/Maildir in the unix filesystem. Which for you is really
/home/<user>/Maildir. The "~" is a standard shell expansion that stands for the
user's home directory.
Perhaps if I change "~/Maildir" to "$HOME/Maildir" and say "in the unix
filesystem" it might help clear up that sentence.
> Irregardless of my apparent folly, supplying '~/Maildir/' as the
> prefix allows people to read their mail, but they could not create
> new folders, with the aforementioned symptoms.
They should still be able to read their incoming mail even if you give the
wrong prefix.. because incoming mail is read from the INBOX mailbox, which I
don't think has prefixes applied.
> I'll test tomorrow to see if not supplying that prefix clears the
> problem up...
Yeah, I think that will solve it. Please keep me updated on this.
- David Harris
Principal Engineer, DRH Internet Services
