[mew-int 01606] Re: imap w/4.0.60

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: Chris Beggy <chrisb at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 01605] imap w/4.0.60

> I'm trying to use mew-4.0.60 to read cyrus2.1 imap mailboxes.  I
> can
> 
>   1. pass the password query and 
>   2. only see mailfolders other than the top level INBOX.
>   3. cannot see messages inside the mailbox
> 
> I am using the namespace hierarchy which lets folders exist at
> the same level as the INBOX.
> 
> I can read these folders as I expect to with gnus' nnimap backend.

I don't what's happing to you but...

(1) Mew can work with Cyrus well.

(2) Cyrus uses the name space whose prefix is "inbox." on the IMAP
    protocol level.

	e.g "inbox.foo"

(3) With the user interface of Mew, a user should type "%foo" instead
    of "%inbox.foo".

You can find internal details in mew-imap.el.

;;              Mew             cache           IMAP
;;              folder          directory       mailbox
;; 
;; WU
;;              %foo            foo             foo
;;              %foo/bar        foo/bar         foo/bar
;;              %~alice/foo     #~alice/foo     ~alice/foo   "~" -> "~"
;;              %#shared.foo    #shared.foo     #shared.foo
;; 
;; Cyrus
;;              %foo            foo             inbox.foo
;;              %foo.bar        foo.bar         inbox.foo.bar
;;              %~alice.foo     #user.alice.foo user.alice.foo
;;              %#shared.foo    #shared.foo     shared.foo
;; 
;; Courier
;;              %foo            foo             inbox.foo
;;              %foo.bar        foo.bar         inbox.foo.bar
;;              %~alice.foo     N/A             N/A
;;              %#shared.foo    #shared.foo     shared.foo

--Kazu