How to create default subfolders using procmail with Maildir (and postfix) that work with MUA's?

Question

I have a procmail setup and want to have a Spam folder that works with MUA's.

I found this tutorial http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-move-spam-mail-to-spam-folder/ but it doesn't work as expected.

I want to be able to open a mail client and see the Spam folder to deduce whether or not the messages are actually spam. How do I do this having a "default" Spam folder setup that can be read/accessed from mail clients like Thunderbird and Roundcube?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '12 at 20:14

My original configuration was this (/etc/procmailrc):

# Move to spam folder
:0
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
.Spam

The working configuration is:

# Move to spam folder
:0
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
.Spam/

Note, this is also a dovecot configuration. Once I did this MUA's are able to access the newly created folders.

More info: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/procmail

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '12 at 15:20

You also have to make sure that the user is subscribed to the Spam folder, otherwise he will not see the folder in his MUA.

I use Courier and maildrop with this script that checks folder subscription in courierimapsubscribed file that Courier uses to keep track of subscribed folders. I guess there should be something similar for Dovecot and procmail.

How to create default subfolders using procmail with Maildir (and postfix) that work with MUA's?

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