Courier-IMAP FAQ

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Configuration script fails on Solaris in the waitlib subdirectory

This affects some, but not all Solaris boxes. Use the --with-waitfunc=wait3 option to the configure script.

Netscape Messenger displays an error message when new mail arrives

Use --enable-workarounds-for-imap-client-bugs option to the configure script.

I can't create any top-level folders, only subfolders of INBOX

This is a user-interface design issue with your mail client. IMAP servers are free to use any folder namespace arrangement that's technically convenient for them. Courier-IMAP uses "INBOX." as the namespace for private folders, and "shared." as the namespace for public, shared, folders. The IMAP NAMESPACE extension (see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2342.txt) allows IMAP clients to automatically discover where the server creates folders, and your IMAP client should implement it.

This should be completely transparent to you, if your IMAP client properly uses the NAMESPACE extension. Your IMAP mail client can automatically find out that Courier-IMAP always creates private folders as subfolders of INBOX, and make this process completely transparent for you.