[Tickets #281] Option to always create new folders under INBOX

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-Ticket 281
-Queue: IMP
-Added By: jmaul at elih.org

>From jmaul at elih.org (Wed Jun 16 07:42:43 2004):
Perhaps this isnt so much of an enhancement and maybe more of a bug.  I
suppose it could be a configuration issue on my part as well.  However,
according to http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/FAQ.html#namespace, it
states:

I can't create any top-level folders, only subfolders of INBOX
This is a configuration issue with your mail client. IMAP servers are free
to use any folder namespace arrangement that's technically convenient for
them. Courier-IMAP uses "INBOX." as the namespace for private folders, and
"shared." as the namespace for public, shared, folders. The IMAP NAMESPACE
extension (see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2342.txt) allows IMAP
clients to automatically discover where the server creates folders, and your
IMAP client should implement it.

This should be completely transparent to you, if your IMAP client properly
uses the NAMESPACE extension. If your IMAP client were to automatically take
advantage of self-configuration features offered by RFC 2060 and RFC 2342,
it would automatically discover, without any additional configuration from
the user, that:

The folder namespace hierarchy separator is the . character


Private folders are stored underneath the "INBOX." hierarchy


Public folders are stored underneath the "shared." hierarchy 
If you have to explicitly create folders that are subfolders of INBOX, or if
you explicitly have to name that "INBOX.foldername", this is due to your
IMAP client not being able to configure itself accordingly.






http://bugs.horde.org/details.php?id=281

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