[Dovecot] Updating Folders in Mail box

[Scott Silva]

David Favor spake the following on 6/12/2007 7:12 PM:
> Wade Smart wrote:
>> Im looking on the dovecot documentation about how to update the folder
>> structure.
>> I had some computer problems so I back up my mail and when I
>> reinstalled I got rid of a bunch of unused old mail. But now when I
>> open my mail client it still things all of those folders are still
>> there. Im looking for how to update the file on what is and isnt
>> there.
>>
>> wade
> 
> This depends on your mail client also.
> 
> Thunderbird, for example, keeps garbage around after folders are deleted
> which must be manually removed. Else, when Thunderbird starts up, phantom
> folders appear and disappear.
> 
There is a plugin for thunderbird that will purge this stuff. I think it is
called thunderplunger. It will remove the orphaned and phantom stuff.

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