[Dovecot] Can't see public folder contents after renaming folder

[Mark Nienberg]

Robert Fraser wrote:
> Hi
> 
> We are using Thunderbird 2.0.0.x (Linux and Windows) with IMAP accounts
> against Dovecot 1.0.beta3 on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper with Maildir.
> 
> It is all working well except when we rename a folder in the public
> namespace, the person who renames it can no longer see the contents of the
> folder.  If we rename it back to the original name , the person can see the
> contents again.
> 
> If we delete the files in the index directory for that folder on the file
> system, the user can see the folder contents again.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

The public folder system didn't really start working properly until about beta9.  You 
need to upgrade to get true public folders support.

Mark