Subject: Imap 4.1 BETA Question

From: [email-masked] (Orjan Johansen)
Date: 20 Nov 1996 21:24:27 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
N. Robison <[email-masked]> wrote:
>    [SELECT failed: Can't open mailbox <username>: no such folder]
>
>Anyone have any ideas, I'd appreciate any help.

Idea: I believe, when using Imap, the folder 'username' would actually
refer to '~/username' rather than '/var/spool/mail/username' (or
wherever the mail spool directory is.

That is, even though the file which contains your INBOX may be named
'username', it is not in the user's private directory and should still be
referred to as 'inbox' in folder specifications.

That is, use {mailhost}inbox rather than {mailhost}username.

Better yet, use {mailhost/user=username}inbox. (An insufficiently
documented option.)

Greetings,
Ørjan.

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From: [email-masked] (N. Robison)
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 96 20:54:40 GMT

I'm running on a Solaris 2.5 system, mail spool directory softlinked to is own 
disk, and nfs mounted.  I'm also runing NIS+.  The problem I'm having with 
imap is that when I try to connect I get a no such folder error..
With pine the error is:
    [SELECT failed: Can't open mailbox <username>: no such folder]

When I run Mtest I get connected but when I enter username and password I 
get:
A00000 LOGIN <username>  <password>
A00000 OK LOGIN completed
A00001 SELECT <username>
A00001 NO SELECT failed: Can't open mailbox <username>: no such mailbox
?SELECT failed: Can't open mailbox <username>: no such mailbox
Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:51:26 -0600 (CST)
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N. Robison
UNIX System Administrator
Technology Resources, University of Texas Pan American
Email: [email-masked]