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Date:  Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:23:41 +0200
From:  Rickard Osser <rickard.osser (at mark) bluapp.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:13456] Re: [PATCH] Change dovecot configuration to	support subfolders while	keeping INBOX in mbox
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Hi Dennis!


Hmm... Try sending the user an e-mail first?

I've created 3 new users to test this and it all works... Even without
sendning any e-mails. Has there been any other changes to your server? 
Which version of the dovecot package are you running?

Regards,

Rickard

On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 09:41 +0200, Dennis wrote:
> Rickard,
> 
> the subfolders patch for dovecot was working for me. Was ..
> 
> today I am installing a new Thunderbird configuration on an account
> without any usage of IMAP before
> 
> than I am unable to create the Drafts and Sent folder
> 
> I find an error like: trycreate mailbox doesn't exist sent
> 
> when I replace the dovecot.conf (original before the patch) and restart
> folders are created.
> 
> So yes, subfolders can be made, but when the main folder does not exist:
> no go ..
> 
> At least here.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> Rickard Osser schreef:
> > Hi!
> >
> > We've all had our problems with dovecot not supporting subfolders to
> > folders with the mbox format. Here is a solution which makes it possible
> > to at least with new accounts get the same function as with the old
> > UW-IMAP server.
> >
> > For old users their old mbox subfolders will have to be migrated to
> > maildir. (I have no solution for that yet!). Anyway, this will keep the
> > inbox in mbox format and thus there is no need to patch any other
> > configurationfiles.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >   
>