Re: [exim] Additional folders when using maildir format

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Autor: W B Hacker
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To: exim users
Betreff: Re: [exim] Additional folders when using maildir format
Javier Calahorra Novillo wrote:

> Ok, thanks for your help. What we needed was something like this:
>
> /mailboxes/javi/Maildir/new
>                 cur
>                 tmp
>                 .myfolder
>                 .myfolder/new
>                 .myfolder/cur
>                 .myfolder/tmp

>
> But seeing that it's not possible with exim directly, I will create
> additional folders by using the maildirmake command.
>
> Regards,
>
> Javi
>


Actually, it is *eminently* possible - so long as it is
triggered by a 'live' delivery run (not a verify = recipients).

Don't lose sight, however, of the need for more than one type of
MUA to recover the contents with POP, IMAP, or both by turns
(and/or webmail).

Not all MUA can do so, and even fewer will do so with 'default'
settings for IMAP.

Maildirmake OR Exim - you may be creating a maintenance headache
for yourself.

Bill


> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Javier Calahorra Novillo wrote:
>
>
>>First of all, thanks a lot for your tip!... but what I wanted to say
>>was that we need to maintain the Maildir structure (under, let's say,
>>/mailboxes/javi/Maildir), with new, tmp and cur, but the idea is to
>>force exim to create additional folders, for instance, .myfolder, when
>
>
>>creating the mailbox for the user without it during a delivery.
>
>
> If you ask Exim to do a maildir delivery to
> /mailboxes/javi/Maildir/.myfolder, it will create the .myfolder
> directory and the necessary new, tmp, and cur directories under that
> directory. However, it will not automatically create a maildirfolder
> file.
>
>
>>I mean, what we need to know is if exim is able to execute something
>>like "maildirmake -f myfolder /mailboxes/javi/Maildir/", by using
>>special commands under the appropriate appendfile transport. One more
>>thing, the struture under that new folder (myfolder) must contain also
>
>
>>new, tmp and cur, as it has been created by maildirmake.
>
>
> It is not possible to run a separate command.
>