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@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@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!