[Dovecot] IMAP: Get rid of non-existent folders below INBOX

Karl Latiss karl.latiss at atvert.com.au
Tue Jul 19 03:36:11 EEST 2005


On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 23:40 +0200, André Wendt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using Debian Sarge w/ dovecot-imapd package 0.99.14-1. Squirrelmail
> created three folders below INBOX, Drafts/Sent/Trash, that I already had
> elsewhere. Thus, I deleted them (through SqM).
> 
> However, both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail still show these folders
> anyway. When I select them, I keep getting "Mailbox does not exist"
> errors. I already tried to move all .imap.index* files in .INBOX/ out of
> the way -- dovecot created new ones but the folders still appear.
> 
> I am stuck. How can I prevent dovecot from advertising those
> non-existent folders? Is this an index-structure problem?
> 
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
> 
Check that the .subscriptions file has those entries removed.

> Thanks,
> 
> --
> André
-- 
Karl Latiss <karl.latiss at atvert.com.au>
Atvert Systems



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