[MacTUG] Mac Mail showing hidden folders

[Jeff Dunnett]

Actually it has: ~/Library/Mail

But the box is grey out and can't be changed.

Regards,
Jeff

On 9-Jun-09, at 9:20 AM, Glenn Anderson wrote:

> If you go to your mail preferences, choose accounts, and then click  
> on the advanced tab.
>
> In the "second" half you will see a field named "IMAP Path Prefix",  
> in your case I am guessing that it is blank, which means your root  
> level.
> Put in here your mail path, I think by default it likely is "mail"
>
> Save the preferences, and see if that fixes the problem.
>
> It might take a bit before the email folders get updated, so you  
> can for a resync if you want them right away.
>
> On 9-Jun-09, at 9:01 AM, Jeff Dunnett wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm using Mac mail to connect to my math UNIX account using IMAP.  It
>> seems to be showing hidden files and folders.  Ones with a . in from
>> of them like .profile or .mailrc.  Is there a way to tell Mac mail
>> not to show these folders?  I've been searching and suspect am
>> missing an easy solution to the problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jeff
>>
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