[Dovecot] Upgrading from 1.2.8 to 2.0.6: INBOX not selectable in Thubderbird (greyed and italic)

[Michele Bergonzoni]

> Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> What about full doveconf -n output? I couldn't reproduce with just
>> those namespace settings.

root at mason:/usr/local# dovecot/bin/doveconf -n
# 2.0.6: /usr/local/dovecot-2.0.6/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.4.34.5 i686 Slackware 9.0.0
disable_plaintext_auth = no
listen = *
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
login_trusted_networks = 192.168.2.80
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
namespace {
   inbox = yes
   location = maildir:~/Maildir
   prefix = INBOX.
   type = private
}
namespace {
   list = yes
   location = maildir:/usr/local/shared
   prefix = shared.
   subscriptions = no
   type = public
}
passdb {
   args = /usr/local/dovecot-2.0.6/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
   driver = ldap
}
postmaster_address = postmaster at labs.it
protocols = imap pop3
ssl_ca = </etc/certificati/star.labs.it.chain.crt
ssl_cert = </etc/certificati/star.labs.it.crt
ssl_key = </etc/certificati/star.labs.it.key
userdb {
   args = /usr/local/dovecot-2.0.6/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
   driver = ldap
}
protocol imap {
   imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep
}

Noncomment lines of ldap.conf are:

hosts = localhost:10389
dn = cn=Manager,dc=labs,dc=it
dnpass = <...omissis...>
tls = no
base = ou=People, dc=labs, dc=it
user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,qmailUID=uid,qmailGID=gid, 
mailMessageStore=mail
pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password
default_pass_scheme = SSHA


(Sorry Timo, I replied to you instead of the list)

Well, this is a quite old system with 2.4 kernel and /lib/libc-2.3.1.so
(dating back to 2003). If this turns out to be the problem, shame to me
for not upgrading this beast.

Stan wrote:

> What errors are in your Tbird Activity Manager?  Those may be
> helpful.

Activity manager and error console are both completely silent.

> Upgrading a server component as client component simultaneously is a
> recipe for disaster

You are perfectly right: I had the problem with 3.1.5, and upgraded it 
just before writing to the list. I also removed all the TB profiles in 
C:\Documents and settings, and deleted/created the account a few times.

Since Timo said it is not immediate to reproduce, I post the whole IMAP 
conversation up to that point:

* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE 
IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready.

1 authenticate plain

+

<...omissis...>

1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE 
IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND 
UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 
CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH 
LIST-STATUS] Logged in

2 namespace

* NAMESPACE (("INBOX." ".")) NIL (("shared." "."))
2 OK Namespace completed.

I hope I am not wasting your time on a problem affecting only systems of 
age > 8 years.

Thanks and regards to all,
                                    Bergonz