Re: IMAP Folder Problem

2000-01-11 Thread Charles Galpin
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Charles Galpin wrote: > > > Can you also explain what you mean about netscape. I don't use it's client > > much. How do things like outlook express like maildirs? > > The clients don't have any idea the mail is stored in a Maildir. That's > the se

Re: IMAP Folder Problem

2000-01-10 Thread Gordon Messmer
Gordon Messmer wrote: > Charles Galpin wrote: > > Can you also explain what you mean about netscape. I don't use it's client > > much. How do things like outlook express like maildirs? > > Both netscape and outlook express are terrible IMAP clients. Netscape > often requests message id -1, which

Re: IMAP Folder Problem

2000-01-10 Thread Gordon Messmer
Charles Galpin wrote: > When you converted to courier-imap and maildirs, how did you handle the > conversion of all your old style mail files? well, _I_ did it the hard way. I'd recommend using http://www.qmail.org/mbox2maildir to do the conversion en masse (did I spell that right? ;) > I'm sti

Re: IMAP Folder Problem

2000-01-10 Thread Charles Galpin
Hi Gordon When you converted to courier-imap and maildirs, how did you handle the conversion of all your old style mail files? I'm still trying to visualize what whooping a otter's ass by 10 yards is, but it sure sounds good. Can you also explain what you mean about netscape. I don't use it's c

Re: IMAP Folder Problem

2000-01-10 Thread Gordon Messmer
"William B. Herman" wrote: > > When a user connects to the IMAP server, it downloads all the directories in > their home directory. Is there anyway to have it only download their mail > forders (mbox,mail/sent-items,mail/saved-items). All files are valid mbox folders, according to the c-client

Re: IMAP Folder Problem

2000-01-10 Thread Charles Galpin
the client should have an option to specify the directory to look for folders in. I don't think you can get a finer level of control. I set mine to /home/me/mail/ charles On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, William B. Herman wrote: > When a user connects to the IMAP server, it downloads all the directories i

IMAP Folder Problem

2000-01-10 Thread William B. Herman
When a user connects to the IMAP server, it downloads all the directories in their home directory. Is there anyway to have it only download their mail forders (mbox,mail/sent-items,mail/saved-items). -Bill Herman -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.