Re: [Evolution] RFC2342: Namespace

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

I fail to see what the problem is...? According to the FAQ that you 
pasted, Evolution is doing exactly what the FAQ says it should.

    2. Private folders are stored underneath the "INBOX." hierarchy


hence all folders are "under" the INBOX.

Jeff


Matthew Keller wrote:

> Apologies if this has been asked before. The archives aren't readily
> searchable, or I'd've done some more research before posting it- I did
> search MY archives, but didn't find anything relevant.
>
> I'm using Evolution 1.4.3 and I can't create IMAP folders against a
> Courier IMAP server (latest version) unless they're "under" the INBOX,
> and even the Courier-created mailboxes of Sent, Drafts and Trash are
> displayed as subfolders of INBOX.
>
> I've been using Evolution for years in a POP environment, so this is a
> new thing for me. Any assistance would be very welcome. Below is a note
> about this from the Courier FAQ.
>
>
> q: I can't create any top-level folders, only subfolders of INBOX.
>
> a: This is a configuration issue with your mail client. IMAP servers are
> free to use any folder namespace arrangement that's technically
> convenient for them. Courier-IMAP uses "INBOX." as the namespace for
> private folders, and "shared." as the namespace for public, shared,
> folders. The IMAP NAMESPACE extension (see
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2342.txt) allows IMAP clients to
> automatically discover where the server creates folders, and your IMAP
> client should implement it.
>
> This should be completely transparent to you, if your IMAP client
> properly uses the NAMESPACE extension. If your IMAP client were to
> automatically take advantage of self-configuration features offered by
> RFC 2060 and RFC 2342, it would automatically discover, without any
> additional configuration from the user, that:
>
>     1. The folder namespace hierarchy separator is the . character
>        
>     2. Private folders are stored underneath the "INBOX." hierarchy
>        
>     3. Public folders are stored underneath the "shared." hierarchy
> If you have to explicitly create folders that are subfolders of INBOX,
> or if you explicitly have to name that "INBOX.foldername", this is due
> to your IMAP client not being able to configure itself accordingly.
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