Re: Maildir++ subfolders

[Kevin Shell <kshell@gmx.com>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Dovecot (the only program I know well that deal with maildir) uses
> maildir++ by default, but allows you to turn on a setting that uses
> non-dot-prefixed, potentially nested folder names.
>
Courier mail server invented the Maildir++ format,
all subfolders in Courier mail server start with dot character.
Dovecot follows the convention.

> But beyond that it looks like the "normal" thing to do is dot-prefixed
> folder names (and subfolders emulated with multiple dots).
>
> Does anyone know why nnmaildir does it the way it does? I suppose it
> might make sense to give nnmaildir servers the option to choose between
> "traditional layout" and "filesystem layout".
>

There are a lot of Dovecot servers using Maildir++ format,
my feature request. :-)