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Is it possible to create sub-folders on IMAP Mailbox? If not, why?

Hi Experts,

I am setting up thunderbirds for my users at work, and their emails are IMAP mailboxes.

They want to create Folders & sub-folders (hierarchy) like they do in their other Exhange Outlook Mailboxes. Unfortunately, I don't seem to find it working. Is it because IMAP mailboxes doesn't allow that? Or Thunderbird prohibits it?

if not, can anyone point me in some reference site, so that I can understand why IMAP server won't allow it? and then I can find my explaination to my users? thanks very much.

devhelper

Please check the following link:

http://serverfault.com/questions/143168/which-imap-servers-support-both-messages-and-subfolders-in-a-folder

zvitam

see the following article:

http://kb.siteground.com/article/How_to_subscribe_to_an_IMAP_folder_with_Thunderbird.html

wingkchan

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Hi Devhelper, I think Dovecot is a linux mail server... but since we have our own and is configured, that won't do it. thanks for your link anyway.

Hi zvitma, I tried what's said on the website, but seems like the "subscribe" option controls what you want to show in your thunderbird. I can't create sub-folders with that... again, i appreciate your input.

Any more ideas anyone? thanks

zvitam

Does the following helps?

http://www.hampshire.edu/computing/6733.htm

wingkchan

ASKER

zvitam... following the reference site creates folder on the sever, and creates a sub-folder underneath a fake folder. however, it won't allow any further subfolders to create within them, and that doesn't seem to work that well. thanks for your input on this and the other question.

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Dave Howe

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wingkchan

ASKER

Hi DaveHowe, thanks for your input. The email server is a linux... and sad to say, I am not competent with Linux. I have the privledge to log-in to the server, but do you know how can I tell which version of mail service I am running? so that I can further research on it? thanks

Dave Howe

usually? if you telnet to port 143 on the server, it will tell you the name of the service in the response.

Dave Howe

or try "netstat -nap | grep 143" in the console, and see what program it says is running.

wingkchan

ASKER

thanks Dave for the input. I still couldn't figure out how to make sub-folders, but I guess some IMAP server doesn't allow that. I'll further explore on the topic when I have time. I still welcomes any comments & feedback if anyone has idea on it. Thanks!