[ILUG] IMAP experts ?

[Brady, Padraig]

Got the following from:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~support/mail/imap.html

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Q: Can I have a hierarchy of IMAP folders? 

A: Since the IMAP server creates UNIX files for each mail folder, you can
have subfolders only if the parent folder contains no messages. That is, in
the default
     configuration the server does not support folders which contain both
messages and subfolders. If your mail client has a setting for this option,
be sure to set it
     appropriately. 

     To create a folder which can contain subfolders (and not messages),
create the folder with a trailing slash character in its name (e.g.,
"subfolders/"). You will
     then be able to create sub-folders under that folder. 
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Therefore if I understand correctly you can create
a folder before "selecting" with any name. But to
create a subfolder in a selected folder the selected
folder must have no messages and the name should
be of the form subfolder/

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John P. Looney [mailto:jplooney-ilug at online.ie]
> Sent: 09 February 2000 14:52
> To: Irish LUG list
> Subject: [ILUG] IMAP experts ?
> 
> 
>  For some reason, the webmail IMAP client I'm using can't 
> create folders.
> 
>  So, I tryed to connect straight to the IMAP server (courier imap) and
> tell it what I thought of it:
> 
> xena$  telnet mailhost imap
> Trying 192.168.1.2...
> Connected to mailhost.localdomain
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-1999 Double 
> Precision, Inc.  See
> COPYING for distribution information.
> 1 login beast tickleish
> 1 OK LOGIN Ok.
> 2 select inbox 
> * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
> * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited
> * 1 EXISTS
> * 0 RECENT
> * OK [UIDVALIDITY 950038576]
> 2 OK [READ-WRITE] Ok
> 3 fetch all
> 3 NO Error in IMAP command received by server.
> 4 create test/
> 4 NO Error in IMAP command received by server.
> 
> 
>  ? Anyone know how to fetch mails & create mail boxes ? I 
> tried to follow
> http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1730.html but it 
> didn't seem to
> work.
> 
> 
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