Re: create nested maildirs as needed before creating a lock file?
LuKreme <[email protected]>
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On 20-Dec-2010, at 10:55, Harald Dunkel wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/16/10 23:05, LuKreme wrote: >> >> If you are using IMAP, you should be using Maildir folders. > > I do. Server is Dovecot. > >> These do not require lock files and the folders are created properly by the IMAP server when you write to a .folder/ >> > > I didn't know that lockfiles are obsolete for Maildirs. > But AFAIK their are not forbidden, either. Creating the > Maildirs early would improve stability. No it wouldn't because the IMAP server creates the maildirs. In fact, there is even a makemaildir command (at least in courier) > Nested subdirectories (e.g. vger.kernel.org/a/b/c/linux-kernel > as in the example) are not created at all. I would guess this > could be easy to extend? That's not how maildirs work. Nested maildirs are created at a.b.c.linux-kernel and then displayed in the client as a hierarchy. There are good reasons for this. -- 'Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.'