[imp] Folder creation

Momo momo at linutex.com
Fri Apr 4 18:19:44 PST 2003


Thanks for the tip, it works very well now !
Momo


Selon Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Quoting Momo <momo at linutex.com>:
> 
> > OK, I have this following parameters in my servers.conf :
> >
> >     'folders' => 'mail/',
> >     'namespace' => '',
> 
> >From imp/config/servers.php.dist, which you may or may not have anywhere
> because of debian packaging:
> 
>  * folders: The folder path for the IMAP server. i.e. UW IMAP generally
>  *          looks to 'mail/' while Cyrus and Courier put folders under
>  *          'INBOX.' (note the trailing dot). IMPORTANT: Use this only if
>  *          you want to restrict users to this subfolder. If you set this
>  *          to 'INBOX.' with Cyrus or Courier-IMAPd, then users will not
>  *          be able to use any shared folders - nothing outside of 'INBOX.'
>  *          will be visible (except, of course, their INBOX itself). If you
>  *          simply want to mask out the INBOX. prefix (or another prefix)
>  *          for display purposes, use the 'namespace' attribute.  NOTE: If
>  *          you use this option, DO NOT SET 'namespace' ALSO!
>  *
>  * namespace: This is where you put any paths that you want stripped out
>  *            for presentation purposes (i.e. you don't want your users to
>  *            have to know that their personal folders are actually
>  *            subfolders of their INBOX). A common value for this with
>  *            Cyrus-style IMAP servers is 'INBOX.'. NOTE: If you have
>  *            shared folders, using this may create confusion between
> shared
>  *            sharedfolders and personal folders, if users have folders
> with
>  *            the same name as a shared folder.  NOTE: If you use this
>  *            option, DO NOT SET 'folders' ALSO!
>  *
> 
> In short, 'mail/' is flat-out wrong for Courier. Try both '', or if you
> don't need shared folders, set 'folders' to 'INBOX.'. Leave namespace as ''
> either way.
> 
> -chuck
> 
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