[Dovecot] Version 1.0.13 - Maildir directory names

[Tobias Zimmerman]

I am running Maildir (obtained via [mac|darwin] ports) on my Powerbook Pro
to operate as local mail storage.  My mail is stored in the Maildir format.

Is it possible to set Maildir not to put a dot in front of the directory
names?  (e.g., ~/Maildir/somefolder instead of ~/Maildir/.somefolder).  OS
X's spotlight indexing/search service will not index "hidden" directories
(those that begin with a period), so I would like Maildir to use non
dot-files for its base names so that my email is indexed.

I tried messing with the "seperator" setting in the .conf file (I tried
setting it to "/", ":" and ".") with no luck.  (I was able to connect in all
cases, but new folders contined to receive dot-names.

Is there a way to force Maildir(++) to name directories without the leading
dot?

I have hunted the mailing list for an answer to this, and the only
suggestions that came close did not seem to work.