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, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12718 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2020 04:14:55 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Sep 2020 04:14:55 -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 1kI2MH-00E93D-Sn; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:14:21 -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 1kI2MD-00E91L-71 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:14:17 -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 1kI2M7-00D6Qo-Tk for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:14:16 -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=rCzLHzW11l1wfBXdok2ASJ+OJxfrz/AUO9qJhxpRg5k=; b=nDypgcX27sJGOqX9P9J3WJwIkt n72bKsDhqCYMZFxl5pqu4oHIwPR12pPxNo8VOBbaBYYPVx52cjf9nb2nEtpuCiyQq61eP3R9GkW9A MbjlFvxBrTBDZMwBVlxTswmnobwPXwbz/7LsmAS4+VuIQ0NUJmNqdLUnbLAWz34N4uY0=; 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 1kI2M0-0003yp-0c for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 06:14:07 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kI2Ly-0009E0-Qh for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 06:14:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Maildir++ subfolders Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:13:57 -0700 Message-ID: <87sgbjy8vu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <874ko0j4g9.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> <87y2lczyut.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> <878sdcyrom.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87a6xrew7f.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4atM3Ku2Glz5c+HdDYtd2R33EI0= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Kevin Shell writes: > 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. :-) There's already Bug#21258 open, which essentially covers this same issue (namely, nnmaildir should be able to handle all the typical maildir layouts). I've added that to my list of bugs to get to someday -- no one seems very excited about working on nnmaildir, but I'll get to it eventually...