[chandler-users] IMAP Folders

[Brian Kirsch]

Hi Poojan,
What IMAP server are you using?

By default, Chandler will place the folders under the Inbox if possible
otherwise the folders will be created at the root level.

This seems like the right behavior for the majority of users.

But obviously is not meeting your needs.


Thanks,
Brian


On Oct 26, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Poojan Wagh wrote:

> Actually, if all your folders are sub-folders of INBOX (as with  
> Courier IMAP apparently), Thunderbird handles that rather well. Go  
> to accounts properties, select "Server Settings", click the  
> "Advanced..." button, and then put "INBOX" in the "IMAP server  
> directory" field.
>
> Unfortunately for me, when I do this, the Chandler folders appear  
> at the level I want them, but all my other folders disappear.
>
> Jeffrey Harris wrote:
>> Heh, that'll teach me not to extrapolate from my experience solely  
>> with
>> Courier to the entire IMAP universe ;)
>>
>> +1 to making this changeable, even if only to wizards.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Jeffrey
>>
>> Jared Rhine wrote:
>>
>>> Jeffrey Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, this is just the way Thunderbird's UI handles  
>>>> IMAP, all
>>>> IMAP folders are considered subfolders of INBOX (as it happens  
>>>> that's
>>>> how they're modeled in IMAP...
>>>>
>>> I don't believe this is accurate.  As Brian points out, Courier  
>>> (OSAF's
>>> IMAP server) doesn't support subfolders except under INBOX.   
>>> Dovecot,
>>> another IMAP server, does support folders at the same level as  
>>> INBOX.
>>>
>>> I have the Thunderbird screen shots to prove it :)
>>>
>>> I would very much like to be able to customize where IMAP folders  
>>> are
>>> placed and named.  I have folder conventions that are different than
>>> Chandler's defaults.
>>>
>>> A preferences setting, set in the options file, would be sufficient
>>> support for me.
>>>
>>> -- Jared
>>>
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