unixhierarchy from false to true

[Ken Murchison]

Charles Marcus wrote:

>>> Stupid question really, but... ... Some time ago, I built a
>>> cyrus-imapd server with some defaults options. Everything works
>>> really fine. Today, I'm going to need to add some new users with a
>>> dot in their name, like joe.1 and joe.2. I _know_ this is possible
>>> using the "unixhierarchy" option in imapd.conf, but I was concerned
>>> about turning on this option now that I already have created 
>>> mailboxes without it turned on. I mean, can I just enable and use
>>> this option or will it do some nasty things to my already running
>>> setup/mailboxes ?
> 
> 
>> ---- shouldn't matter - it's really an interface issue.
> 
> 
> Ok, so, just for clarification (I'm gonna be making this decision in the 
> next day or two)...
> 
> What is the advantage/disadvantage? Is the only difference the ability 
> to use the dot in foldernames? In other words, if you set this to true, 
> do you *lose* anything?

Not that I'm aware of.


> Just curious why it is set to off by default.

For backwards compatibility.

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