Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > On 5/03/2016 6:12 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > > What is interesting, is that mb2md prepends a '.' to all of > > the existing mbox folder names it converts. Also, dots in > > existing folder names are converted to underscore. > > > > Is there something magical about the dot in the Maildir format? > > Yes, it is normal for all Maildir folders to start with a dot and to > have sub-folders delimited by a dot as well.
It's just a convention, apparently. At least I removed the initial dot without any subsequent problems. Joel > For instance > > > .Supplier.Debian > > Would have a folder called Supplier and a sub-folder under that for Debian. > > Not sure, but I think that the dot is something that can be changed, but > if that is necessary for you then you might want to read up on the other > progs you are using to see how and what to do. > > Cheers > A. > -- Joel Roth
