[cone] Re: Mail but none showing
Sam Varshavchik <
mrsam@...>
2003-11-29 17:52:42 GMT
Sean Rima writes:
> On 29 Nov 2003, Sam Varshavchik said:
>
>>> If I goto the SuSE maildir:
>>> + suse
>>
>> This is not a maildir, as far as Cone is concerned. You have
>> configured this mail account as mbox folders, not maildirs.
>>
>> You have apparently installed non-standard maildirs under
>> $HOME/Mail. This is not a standard location for maildirs. This is
>> a standard location for mbox mail folders, not maildirs, so this is
>> configured as such.
>>
>
> So I need to change the location from ~/Mail to ~/Maildir and restart
> cone resetting all the configs?
Based on what you have, no. Cone uses the same arrangement for maildir
folders as Courier-IMAP. It looks like you've simply created a bunch of
different maildirs in ~/Mail. Furthermore, Cone already configured ~/Mail
as your mailbox location, and the configuration has been saved.
The Cone/Courier-IMAP maildir folder arrangement is that $HOME/Maildir is
the primary INBOX; while various folders (themselves being maildirs) are set
up as hidden subdirectories of $HOME/Maildir.
You will need to create your $HOME/Maildir, then move all your existing
maildirs as hidden subdirectories of $HOME/Maildir. You can then add
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