[Wolves] Imap folders

[Adam Sweet]

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Wayne wrote:
> Adam Sweet wrote:
>> --- Wayne <waynelists at machx.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> I'd quite like to have nested folders within my Imap
>>> email folders but get a message saying
>>> "Target mailbox does not allow inferior mailboxes"
>>>
>>> Where can I adjust this (if possible) - Fedora Core
>>> 6, Exim 4
>>>     
>>
>> This an IMAP daemon thing, rather than Exim. What IMAP
>> daemon are you using? Frankly, I've used Dovecot and
>> Courier and don't know any others, but in the those 2
>> I never had to set anything up to have it allow
>> subfolders, I just used my mail client to add a sub
>> folder.
>>
>> Otherwise, check your IMAP daemon's configuration
>> files, which of course would be in /etc/<daemonname>,
>> or if you're using a custom compiled Courier it would
>> be under /usr/lib/courier-imap/ or for another custom
>> compiled daemon, probably under
>> /usr/local/<daemonname/etc/ or something like that.
>>
>> Ad
>>
>>   
> Now, I'm really confused. I've always assume that my system uses Dovecot
> and indeed a quick search for dovecot reveals the imap
> directories stuffed with references to Dovecot - however trying to
> restart Dovecot gives a 'fatal error, invalid configuration in
> /etc/dovecot.conf'
> and in dovecot.conf almost EVERY line is hashed out throughout the
> entire file - looks corrupt.

Hmmm. Could be a problem, that.

Try telnetting your server on port 143 and see what answers:

telnet yourserverip 143

Regards,

Adam Sweet

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