From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19081 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2020 00:11:18 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Sep 2020 00:11:18 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kHyYd-00E6u9-V8; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:10:52 -0500 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kHyYZ-00E6sG-E2 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:10:47 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kHyYX-00CzJu-Ge for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:10:47 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=I2qGjUXamj72ePq96tnmJoUcqal7YXuIVdGw6DUSxGY=; b=L9N0SJrKZbYqnmumTFic/Rb62k W94Cz87msLN2cHcrolVHwUiDR4Sgkk8jh6YJqcj3zaD3InoVkuBgomWowenLYTfJhPl9trrmiNLrg QHZ/NoQxSlGD94o3IdITmHedNhcOvABTwHdzyckTtZMdYundBAKk/5GPuRukaMxvWSeA=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kHyYQ-0000O6-NP for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:10:41 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kHyYP-0001HI-MZ for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:10:37 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Kevin Shell Subject: Re: Maildir++ subfolders Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:10:28 +0800 Message-ID: <87a6xrew7f.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> References: <874ko0j4g9.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> <87y2lczyut.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> <878sdcyrom.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FENwIglVWAE+ZTIF+3w5HIyFT8A= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Eric Abrahamsen 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. :-)