[Dovecot] convert plugin created maildirfolder file in root maildir directory

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Thu Apr 12 20:10:21 EEST 2007


On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 12:33 -0400, Justin McAleer wrote:
> I've noticed that if a user's maildir gets created by deliver or 
> pop/imap without the convert plugin running, the maildir structure is 
> fine (no maildirfolder file). But, if a user gets converted, there is a 
> maildirfolder file in the user's base maildir directory. As far as I can 
> tell, that doesn't cause any problems, but I just wanted to mention it. 
> I've looked at the code for a while but didn't find why it behaves 
> differently.

Dovecot doesn't care about maildirfolder file, but if you use a MDA that
updates Maildir++ quota you could have problems.

Fixed: http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-April/008659.html
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