107646 - Courier IMAP: All folders in IMAP Only appear under inbox

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 80858

(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, defect, P3)

Description

[hanasaki]

Using courier imap and have tried it with imap workarounds turned off and on.

Comment 1

[Oliver Klee]

*** Bug 107647 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[hanasaki]

Is this being worked on by Q/A?

Comment 3

[hanasaki]

Submit

Comment 4

[Karen Huang]

Based on the following description from Courier IMAP, I am updating this bug as 
NEW:
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IMAP servers are free to use any folder namespace arrangement that's technically
convenient for them. Courier-IMAP uses "INBOX." as the namespace for private 
folders, and "shared." as the namespace for public, shared,
folders. The IMAP NAMESPACE extension (see 
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2342.txt) allows IMAP clients to
automatically discover where the server creates folders, and IMAP client should 
implement it.
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Adding interop for the keywords and nominating nsbeta1 for next release since 
All folders in Courier IMAP shouldn't only appear under inbox. Ccing Cavin.

Comment 5

[Karen Huang]

Attachment: Attach Courier IMAP fodler pane which only displays folders under Inbox

Comment 6

[David :Bienvenu]

What's the bug here? If Courier IMAP only allows folders under the inbox (like
Cyrus), then that's what we display and we're doing the right thing. In other
words, it's the way the server works.

Comment 7

[hanasaki]

The courier page says:

http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/FAQ.html#namespace

I can't create any top-level folders, only subfolders of INBOX

This is a configuration issue with your mail client. IMAP servers are free to
use any folder namespace arrangement that's technically convenient for them.
Courier-IMAP uses "INBOX." as the namespace for private folders, and "shared."
as the namespace for public, shared, folders. The IMAP NAMESPACE extension (see
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2342.txt) allows IMAP clients to automatically
discover where the server creates folders, and your IMAP client should implement it.

This should be completely transparent to you, if your IMAP client properly uses
the NAMESPACE extension. If your IMAP client were to automatically take
advantage of self-configuration features offered by RFC 2060 and RFC 2342, it
would automatically discover, without any additional configuration from the
user, that:

   1. The folder namespace hierarchy separator is the . character

   2. Private folders are stored underneath the "INBOX." hierarchy

   3. Public folders are stored underneath the "shared." hierarchy

If you have to explicitly create folders that are subfolders of INBOX, or if you
explicitly have to name that "INBOX.foldername", this is due to your IMAP client
not being able to configure itself accordingly.

Time for me to get out of the middle - will the Mozilla team please talk to the
Courier team and get back to the Bugzilla list?

Comment 8

[Miloslaw Smyk]

I'd say that this is a DUP of 80858. Wouldn't you?

Comment 9

[scottputterman]

It does look like a dup.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 80858 ***

Comment 10

[Karen Huang]

Verified as dup.