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List:       dovecot
Subject:    Re: outlook idiocy - IMAP folders with /
From:       Rupert Gallagher <ruga () protonmail ! com>
Date:       2018-09-29 11:30:16
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Sorry Aki, you are right.

On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 09:59, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi@open-xchange.com> wrote:

> > On 29 September 2018 at 10:05 Rupert Gallagher <ruga@protonmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > +1
> > 
> > A similar problem occurs with "."
> > 
> > Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 15:44, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > user attempts to create folders with /
> > > dovecot naturally cannot create it so it returns error but outlook of
> > > course "create" it and keep data in local store only. data is lost when
> > > you remove local store .pst file.
> > > 
> > > The question is - can dovecot be configured so it will automatically
> > > replace slash in name with something else?
> 
> And how would this help? Outlook would still go ahead and create the folder with / \
> in it, and dovecot would create a folder with, say - in it and now you'd have two \
> folders. 
> Aki


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<div>Sorry Aki, you are right.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 09:59, Aki Tuomi &lt;<a \
href="mailto:aki.tuomi@open-xchange.com" class="">aki.tuomi@open-xchange.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:</div> <blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite">&gt; On 29 September \
2018 at 10:05 Rupert Gallagher &lt;ruga@protonmail.com&gt; wrote: <br />&gt;
<br />&gt;
<br />&gt; +1
<br />&gt;
<br />&gt; A similar problem occurs with "."
<br />&gt;
<br />&gt; Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
<br />&gt;
<br />&gt; On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 15:44, Wojciech Puchar &lt;wojtek@puchar.net&gt; \
wrote: <br />&gt;
<br />&gt; &gt; user attempts to create folders with /
<br />&gt; &gt; dovecot naturally cannot create it so it returns error but outlook of
<br />&gt; &gt; course "create" it and keep data in local store only. data is lost \
when <br />&gt; &gt; you remove local store .pst file.
<br />&gt; &gt;
<br />&gt; &gt; The question is - can dovecot be configured so it will automatically
<br />&gt; &gt; replace slash in name with something else?
<br />
<br />And how would this help? Outlook would still go ahead and create the folder \
with / in it, and dovecot would create a folder with, say - in it and now you'd have \
two folders. <br />
<br />Aki</blockquote>
</div>



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