Qmail folders

[Jay]

It worked! Thanks! .. why didn't I think of that!? Oh well, guess I'll let
the Gentoo team know about that

- Jay

> 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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