Hi all. I've finally decided to take the plunge into the 21st century and change from using Pine (which I have used for a *very* long time now) to using a mail reader that will render graphics. I chose Thunderbird .. more or less randomly. I've also got Dovecot running and after some futzing about with the config files have finally got it so that TB authenticates and I can now see my INBOX. However, after using Pine for so long I have many files in my ~/mail folder that I'd also like to be able to see but can't quite seem to manage to do yet. I suspect that this is a Dovecot configuration issue but haven't run across anything that addresses it yet. Are there any of you that have solved this problem?

Got it! The problem was actually in Thunderbird. All I had to do was click on the account name and then under Advanced Features clicked on Manage folder subscriptions. Window popped up with all the files in it.