Originally, using the IMAP feature in ISPCONFIG 2 allowed me to use multiple folders at the root layout of the mail box. Upon moving to ISPCONFIG 3 and copying the mailbox data over, all folders are subdirectories of the Inbox and look quite ugly. How can I rebuild the mailbox tree so that all folders are at the root instead of subdirectories of Inbox?
The mailbox structure is the same in ispconfig 2 and 3 is the same as long as you used the same pop3 / imap daemon as this structure has nothing to do with ispconfig, it is created and managed by the imap daemon. If the mailbox looks differently in your imap client, you might have moved the folders to a wrong directory.
Currently, my directory structure looks like: Index | - Forum Posts | - Orders | - Hosting Details | - Sent | - Trash The structure is the same whether I'm using SquirrelMail or Outlook IMAP. Prior to moving to ISPCONFIG 3, it was: Index Forum Posts Orders Hosting Details Sent Trash How would I move everything to obtain that old structure?
My email directory is the following: Code: my:/var/vmail/derdggdn.com/derek# ls -lah total 1.1M drwx------ 27 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-08 23:09 . drwx------ 8 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-05-25 10:15 .. -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 103 2010-04-13 00:50 .antivirus.rc -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 938 2010-04-13 00:50 .autoresponder.rc drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-04-15 00:08 courierimaphieracl drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-07 14:15 courierimapkeywords -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 196 2010-04-15 00:08 courierimapsubscribed -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 37K 2010-07-08 23:09 courierimapuiddb drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 108K 2010-07-08 23:15 cur drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-08 20:46 .Deleted Items -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 8.4K 2010-04-14 23:36 dovecot.index -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 398K 2010-04-14 23:36 dovecot.index.cache -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 74K 2010-04-14 23:45 dovecot.index.log -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 129K 2010-04-09 10:04 dovecot.index.log.2 -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 13 2009-06-30 15:34 dovecot-keywords -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 25K 2010-04-14 23:36 dovecot-uidlist drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-04-28 11:38 .Drafts drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-07 15:41 .Forum Posts -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 68K 2010-04-13 00:50 .html-trap.rc -rw-rw---- 1 vmail vmail 435 2010-07-08 23:03 ispconfig_mailsize drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-08 22:24 .Junk drwx------ 5 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-04-15 00:08 .Junk E-mail -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 3.8K 2010-04-13 00:50 .local-rules.rc drwx------ 20 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-04-14 23:45 Maildir -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 3.5K 2010-07-08 23:15 maildirsize -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 204 2010-04-13 00:50 .mailsize.rc drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-08 23:04 new -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 656 2010-04-13 00:50 .quota.rc drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-06-22 13:12 .Registrations \drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-08 23:15 .Sent drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-06-10 22:10 .Sent Items drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4.0K 2009-05-11 14:25 .spamassassin -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 1.2K 2010-04-13 00:50 .spamassassin.rc drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-04-15 00:16 .Spam Issue -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 148 2010-04-04 21:07 subscriptions drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-04-15 00:16 .Tax Data drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-08 23:49 tmp drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-07-08 23:09 .Trash drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4.0K 2010-05-08 22:53 .Travel Documents -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 2.2K 2010-04-13 00:50 .user_prefs -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 32 2010-04-13 00:50 .vacation.msg drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4.0K 2009-05-11 14:25 web This has something to do with NAMESPACES where the configuration from Perfect Setup seems to have all folders aside from INBOX as being private subfolders for INBOX. I have no clue where NAMESPACE information is stored for ISPCONFIG3. I'm using Courier and Maildrop according to the ISPCONFIG panel.
As mentioned in my post above, it looks as if you switched to another imap daemon. Which imap daemon have you used in ispconfig 2? For example, courier uses INBOX. as namesapce while dovecot does not use namespaces. So if you copied the imape folders from a dovecot system to courier, the layout may change. See also: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/Courier As I mentioned above, thts related to the imap daemon that you use and not ispconfig.
I believe dovecot on ISPCONFIG 2 and then it's courier on ISPCONFIG 3. I used the default daemon on both installs.
Yes, when receiving mail (I use Thunderbird v14 or Squirrelmail 1.4), the mailbox structure of ISPconfig 3 with courier is incorrect but functioning correctly. Every other folders become subfolders of INBOX. The structure is: +Inbox | - Drafts | - Sent | - Archives | - Junk | - Trash The correct normal structure should be: Inbox Drafts Sent Archives Junk Trash Please correct it in the next release.
This is not related to ISPConfig at all, so nothing we could correct. Courier always has the folders inside inbox, thats courier specific, take a look at the courier docs and I explained that already. You can set inbox as prefix in your imap client if you want to get them displayed as dovecot is doing it or use dovecot. And take a look at the perfects etup guide, it is explained there how o set the prefix in squirrelmail.
Yes, I know how to make the mailbox prettier: Courier IMAP Client Configuration: http://www.karmak.org/2003/courier-imap/thunderbird-1.5/
