[imp] A question about folders

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting sand0566@d.umn.edu:

> Is there a way to have imp use not only the Mail inbox but also a Mail folder
> in the home directory (~/Mail in UNIX/Linux) as a default place to look for
> mail folders rather than Inbox and all of the users home directory?

Not only is this possible but this is the normal and recommended setup.

> The only way I can see getting around having imp scan all directories in the
> user home directory is to ahve the user turn on imap subscription and
> subscribe to only those folders/directories.

Set the folder prefix to the directory holding the folders in
horde/imp/config/servers.php such as:

$servers['imap'] = array(
    'name' => 'IMAP Server',
    'server' => 'localhost',
    'protocol' => 'imap/notls',
    'port' => 143,
    'folders' => 'Mail/',
    'namespace' => '',
    'maildomain' => 'physics.utexas.edu',
    'smtphost' => 'mail.ph.utexas.edu',
    'realm' => ''
);

The important line is:

'folders' => 'Mail/',


>  This can take an large amount of time as imp
> indexes all files in a users home directory.

Sure would...

> Any help here would be appreciated.  You may need to know that I have
> $servers['imap'] = array('folders' => '') in the servers.php file.

That is your problem.  Change it to point to the folder prefix you want
to use (Mail/ in your message, mail/ in my case).

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Eric Rostetter
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