RE: [SLUG] SquirrellMail compatibility with other IMAP clients

From: Levi Bard (levi@bard.sytes.net)
Date: Fri Sep 19 2003 - 09:42:53 EDT


> Since it's a slow night on the list, I thought it would be a good time
> to ask about this minor issue that's been bugging me for a while. I use
> RedHat's default IMAP server, and Mozilla Mail and SquirellMail (SM) as
> IMAP clients. SM creates a /home/username/Mail directory which contains
> Sent, Drafts, and Trash files. These files show up as folders in the SM
> client (browser). This works fine as long SM is the only client that I
> access email with.
>
> However, Mozilla creates a different set of files in /home/username to
> represent Drafts, Sent, Trash, and whatever other folders I create.
> Mozilla can also see and manipulate the mail files in the SM directory.
> However, the reverse is not true; SM can't even see the folders that I
> create in Mozilla. I've tried changed the folder options in SM to point
> to the same directory as Mozilla, but then the only folder that show up
> in SM is Inbox.

That's odd - I use squirrelmail in conjunction with sylpheed, and I've
never encountered this issue. Are you using the Maildir style mailboxes
on the server?

Levi
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