Fix Maildir initialization so that maildir contents are read correctly.

Closes #13254.
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+- Issue #13254: Fix Maildir initialization so that maildir contents
+  are read correctly.
+
 - Issue #3067: locale.setlocale() now raises TypeError if the second
   argument is an invalid iterable. Initial patch by Jyrki Pulliainen.