dovecot imap: folder location problems

Hi all,

I decided to investigate my Maildir layout a bit more closely, because I thought it was causing problems for K9 Mail on my Android phone. Turns out it wasn't, really, but never mind.

I discovered that perhaps I should have migrated my Maildir from courier to dovecot, rather than just assuming it would work as is.

As a result, I decided to rename all my folders to not have the ".INBOX" prefix on them.

I also experimented with the namespace section of the dovecot config, putting an INBOX. prefix in there.

Now, I'm stuck in a state where icedove appears to see my folders when I create my account (I've been repeatedly deleting and recreating it in the hopes that it will forget outdated info), but can't find them when I click on them - it seems to expect an INBOX prefix.

If I add the INBOX prefix in the dovecot config, then it shows an (italic, faint) INBOX folder under my ordinary Inbox, with all the folders in it. And it still can't find them.

Evolution, on the other hand, can see folders both under Inbox (where it can't find them), and at the same level as Inbox, where they actually work - hence using Evo to create this message.

Any suggestions as to how my mailserver actually _should_ be set up, and how I can make icedove and evolution see that correctly?

Thanks,

Richard


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