Re: cyrus sub folders

[Andreas Winkelmann <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Montag 02 Februar 2009 14:04:57 schrieb Mohamed Ali:

> > > when iam trying to access my mail from pop mail client i got only
> >
> > messages
> >
> > > that in the inbox and ignores all sub folders i created by squirrel
> > > mail
> >
> > or
> >
> > > even with Cyrus , how can i let cyrus to fetch messages under
> > > subfolders too?
> >
> > a) use IMAP, it's better.
> >
> > b) if you're force to use POP, you can use + addressing in your login to
> > select a folder, eg:
> >
> > USER brong+Lists.Cyrus
> > PASS xxxxx
> >
> > NOTE - you still need a separate pop connection for each separate
> > folder. POP doesn't have the concept of multiple folders.
> >
> > Bron ( just use IMAP already )
>
> is it limitation to cyrus only ? i have account on ms exchange and gmail so
> both can download messages from sub folders .

As Bron already mentioned, this limitation is in the POP3 Protocol. I'm sure you will find something about that in the RFC.

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Andreas

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