Cyrus IMAP question.

Andrew Morgan morgan at orst.edu
Thu Sep 18 19:32:58 EDT 2003



On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Denis V. Suhanov wrote:

> Hello Andrew,
>
> AM> For maximum compatibility and ease of use, I'd recommend setting
> AM> altnamespace: yes in imapd.conf.  Otherwise, you *have* to set the Root
> AM> Folder Path to "INBOX." to get folders to work.  Read the documentation
> AM> for altnamespace before you make this change.  Basically, nothing changes
> AM> on the server side (except sieve filters), but you eliminate the needs to
> AM> set the Root Folder Prefix on every client.  Most clients will work out of
> AM> the box this way (no special settings, just use the New Account Wizards).
>
> I  have  set  altnamespaces:  yes  as you suggested and configured the
> client  as  it is described in this document, but the only differene I
> 've  noticed is that now instead of having folder user and then folder
> test  in  it,  I  have  folder "Other Users" and then the folder named
> after  the  user  name.  I  still am unable to make the clients to use
> their  folders  for  inbox/outbox/drafts etc. Is there any way to find
> out what's wrong with my installation? It is getting only worse :(

What do your cyrus logs (logged to syslog facility local6 by default) say
when a client connects and tries to open a folder?

	Andy





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