[Dovecot] Thunderbird 0.8 - Inbox grayed out and does not update

[Timo Sirainen]

On 27.9.2004, at 08:29, Ian R. Justman wrote:

> Though when I was playing with 1.0test46, I attempted to create a 
> folder  in an mbox where only messages can be; it silently fails.

Dovecot gives an "Mailbox doesn't allow inferior mailboxes" error 
though, client should have shown that..

> So I don't think it hurts to have that checkbox checked which 
> signifies that the server supports folders which can contain both 
> types of data even though with mbox, they're mutually exclusive.  
> However, a "mutually-exclusive" setup more or less keeps you from 
> usefully using a Maildir-centric setup. ;)
>
> So I'm with you; it's a client settings issue.

I don't really understand why that checkbox even exists. It's simple to 
check automatically, and having one global checkbox for that gets it 
wrong if you're using mixed mbox/maildir setup.
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