Courier-Imap - Nur Unterordner von Inbox
Posted: 2003-03-22 13:00
Hallo,
mein Courier-Imap-SSL funktioniert wunderbar. Bis auf die kleinigkeit dass ich nur Unterordner von INBOX erstellen kann und keine Top-Level folders.
--- Courier-IMAP FAQ ---
I can't create any top-level folders, only subfolders of INBOX
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.
--- Courier-IMAP FAQ ---
hm - ich glaub mein Mozilla Mailclient sollte damit umgehen können - der sollte passend konfiguriert sein.
Ich kann fröhlich Unterordner vom Posteingang erzeugen aber sonst auch nichts... und das gefällt mir irgendwie nicht so gut. :(
mfg.
Carsten
mein Courier-Imap-SSL funktioniert wunderbar. Bis auf die kleinigkeit dass ich nur Unterordner von INBOX erstellen kann und keine Top-Level folders.
--- Courier-IMAP FAQ ---
I can't create any top-level folders, only subfolders of INBOX
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.
--- Courier-IMAP FAQ ---
hm - ich glaub mein Mozilla Mailclient sollte damit umgehen können - der sollte passend konfiguriert sein.
Ich kann fröhlich Unterordner vom Posteingang erzeugen aber sonst auch nichts... und das gefällt mir irgendwie nicht so gut. :(
mfg.
Carsten