Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:30:42 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help on picking an IMAP server Message-ID: <20070322133042.853f93c6.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20070322145226.GA72613@skytracker.ca> References: <20070322064044.GA7157@skytracker.ca> <20070322081339.255827bf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070322145226.GA72613@skytracker.ca>
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In response to David Banning <david@skytracker.ca>: > > You must have been doing something wrong. I have Dovecot in multiple > > places and never had any trouble creating folders/subfolders. > > > > I use Maildir format for my mail store, for multiple reasons that you > > can research via Google if you're curious. Perhaps the Maildir support > > is better than mbox. If that's the case, you may want to consider > > switching to Maildir -- there is at least one mbox -> Maildir conversion > > utility out there. > > Hi Bill. > > I have Googled away and found lots of people who complain that they can't > creat subfolders under dovecot. I havn't seen anyone's problem resolved > in the theads. I have converted mbox to Maildir. I attempt to create > a subfolder from within Outlook - no go. How are you creating > the subfolders? Personally, I use Sylpheed, and it just works fine without having to do anything special. I can verify that it works fine with Thunderbird, Outlook Express, and SquirrelMail -- from first-hand experience. I just talked to an associate who was having trouble creating folders on a Dovecot server using Outlook. He was also having a bunch of other problems with Outlook, so he switched to Outlook Express instead of trying to mess with the Dovecot server. I suppose it's possible that there's some compatibility problem between Outlook and Dovecot, but I can't say for sure. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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