[Dovecot] IMAP Folders Don't Make Sense

[Carlos Williams]

I noticed for some reason that I am missing an IMAP folder called
'Symantec' that was under my Inbox. I see all my other folders listed
on my mail client except 'Symantec'. I then login to my mail server
which runs Postfix / Dovecot & there I can see it:

/home/cwilliams/Maildir
[root at mail Maildir]# ls -la
total 608
drwx------ 33 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 13:23 .
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 23 13:24 ..
drwx------  2 cwilliams it  53248 Feb 25 13:22 cur
-rw-------  1 cwilliams it   3048 Feb 25 12:42 dovecot.index
-rw-------  1 cwilliams it 178176 Feb 25 13:22 dovecot.index.cache
-rw-------  1 cwilliams it  54936 Feb 25 13:23 dovecot.index.log
-rw-------  1 cwilliams it 131124 Feb 10 16:18 dovecot.index.log.2
-rw-------  1 cwilliams it    121 Jul 15  2009 dovecot-keywords
-rw-------  1 cwilliams it   8190 Feb 25 13:13 dovecot-uidlist
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 12:47 .Drafts
drwx------  2 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 13:27 .INBOX
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 08:55 .INBOX.ClamAV
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 08:54 .INBOX.Dell.Quotes
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 08:54 .INBOX.Dell.Warranty
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 08:55 .INBOX.IBM
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Oct  2  2008 .INBOX.Logs
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 08:55 .INBOX.Red Hat
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 23 09:26 .INBOX.Symantec
drwx------  2 cwilliams it  32768 Feb 25 13:13 new
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 13:25 .Sent
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 17 08:37 .Spam
-rw-------  1 cwilliams it    393 Feb 23 10:23 subscriptions
drwx------  2 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 13:13 tmp
drwx------  5 cwilliams it   4096 Feb 25 13:22 .Trash

As you can see above there is a .INBOX.Symantec directory and I can
'cd' into it and see all my messages:

/home/cwilliams/Maildir/.INBOX.Symantec
[root at mail .INBOX.Symantec]# ls -l
total 280
drwx------ 2 cwilliams it  12288 Jan 21 17:39 cur
-rw------- 1 cwilliams it   2352 Jan 21 17:39 dovecot.index
-rw------- 1 cwilliams it 233472 Feb 22 08:17 dovecot.index.cache
-rw------- 1 cwilliams it   8428 Feb 22 08:17 dovecot.index.log
-rw------- 1 cwilliams it     41 Oct 12 09:50 dovecot-keywords
-rw------- 1 cwilliams it   6665 Jan 21 17:39 dovecot-uidlist
drwx------ 2 cwilliams it   4096 Oct  2  2008 new
drwx------ 2 cwilliams it   4096 Jan 21 17:39 tmp

However when I open Thunderbird & Webmail (both use IMAP), I see my
Symantec folder under a 'Drafts' folder. When I try and click on the
Symantec folder as a sub folder in 'Drafts', I get an error:

"The mail server responded:Mailbox doesn't exist: Drafts.Symantec"

So why does it show up there and why can't I see it normally with all
my other IMAP folders under my Inbox. I am confused. Please help!

Thanks!