Folders containing messages and subfolders

Simon Matter simon.matter at invoca.ch
Tue Nov 28 11:26:48 EST 2006


> Hi,
>
> Does Cyrus IMAP support the ability to have folders that may contain both
> messages and subfolders?

Yes, Cyrus IMAP supports messages and subfolders in folders.

>
> The tdlp.org 'MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion' MINI-HOWTO suggests
> that no Linux IMAP server using the Mailbox format supports this feature.
>
> Does Cyrus IMAP use the Mailbox format and, if so, does it therefore NOT
> support folders containing both messages and subfolders?

No, Cyrus IMAP uses it's own message store.

Simon


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