Qmail folders

[Oliver Meyn]

Hi Jay,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org]On Behalf Of
> jay-ZPnsNkHkFjk at public.gmane.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 6:51 PM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: Qmail folders
>
>
> Hi all, I have succesfully installed qmail/courier-imap and squirrelmail
> on Gentoo 1.4 and got my DNS MX records setup properly. I can send and
> receive mail without any problems, however, I only have an INBOX. I don't
> have a DRAFTS, SENT, or TRASH folder. I try making them through
> squirrelmail and I get an error message:
>
> Quote:
> ERROR : Could not complete request.
> Query: CREATE ".maildir/.Sent"
> Reason Given: Invalid mailbox name
>
> BTW, I typed "Sent" and it made it ".Sent"
>
> If I make the folder manually through a shell in my /home/user/.maildir/
> directory squirrelmail doesn't even notice it.
>
> Not only do I need these folders, I need other folders too so I can sort
> my mail according to different lists I am on, just as HARDWARE and TLUG.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and what I need to do.
>

I haven't seen your problem in my setup, but could it be that you didn't use
maildirmake to create the Maildir directory that qmail likes?  If you
haven't read Life With Qmail that might be a starting point.
<http://www.lifewithqmail.org>

Cheers,
Oliver

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