[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.13 and removing IMAP folders in thunderbird
Hi,
I use Dovecot-2.0.13 with mdbox and Thunderbird (IMAP). I have dozens of imap folders and sometimes I wish to delete several folders:
First Problem:
If I remove a folder under TB, it get moved to my Trash folder. After that I close TB, which also purges the trash. When I come back, the deleted folder and its content is still there. There is no way to remove it with TB. On the server side I see that the folder is listed under mailboxes/Trash and in the subscriptions file, a last line shows that Trash/foldername is subscribed. If I remove that line and the mailboxes-folder, then TB is happy again.
Second problem:
If I have two folders a and b, both containing a folder example:
a/example b/example
I only can delete one folder. By deleting the second one, the IMAP server tells me that there already exists on folder named example.
I am not sure, if this is thunderbird or dovecot related, but both problems are really annoying. Am I missing some configuration?
Thunderbird is Ubuntu's packaged version 3.1.10.
Thanks for any ideas and help in advance and don't get me wrong: I really love dovecot ;-)
Best wishes Christian
Roessner-Network-Solutions Bachelor of Science Informatik 50°34.725'N, 08°40.904'O, Nahrungsberg 81, 35390 Giessen F: +49 641 5879091, M: +49 176 93118939 USt-IdNr.: DE225643613 http://www.roessner-network-solutions.com
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:00:34 +0200, Christian Roessner wrote:
Hi,
I use Dovecot-2.0.13 with mdbox and Thunderbird (IMAP). I have dozens of imap folders and sometimes I wish to delete several folders:
First Problem:
If I remove a folder under TB, it get moved to my Trash folder. After that I close TB, which also purges the trash. When I come back, the deleted folder and its content is still there. There is no way to remove it with TB. On the server side I see that the folder is listed under mailboxes/Trash and in the subscriptions file, a last line shows that Trash/foldername is subscribed. If I remove that line and the mailboxes-folder, then TB is happy again.
Hi Christian,
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Clients#Thunderbird
protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep }
That should also solve your second problem.
Best regards,
Morten
Hi,
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Clients#Thunderbird
protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep }
That should also solve your second problem.
thank you VERY much :-) This really solved my problems
Best wishes Christian
Roessner-Network-Solutions Bachelor of Science Informatik 50°34.725'N, 08°40.904'O, Nahrungsberg 81, 35390 Giessen F: +49 641 5879091, M: +49 176 93118939 USt-IdNr.: DE225643613 http://www.roessner-network-solutions.com
Am 10.07.2011 18:36, schrieb Christian Roessner:
Hi,
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Clients#Thunderbird
protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep }
That should also solve your second problem.
thank you VERY much :-) This really solved my problems
Best wishes Christian
hm ,no need with maildirs for that , but i may have other namespaces
-- Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer
Germany/Munich/Bavaria
Hi,
I use Dovecot-2.0.13 with mdbox and Thunderbird (IMAP). I have dozens of imap folders and sometimes I wish to delete several folders:
First Problem:
If I remove a folder under TB, it get moved to my Trash folder. After that I close TB, which also purges the trash. When I come back, the deleted folder and its content is still there. There is no way to remove it with TB. On the server side I see that the folder is listed under mailboxes/Trash and in the subscriptions file, a last line shows that Trash/foldername is subscribed. If I remove that line and the mailboxes-folder, then TB is happy again.
Hi Christian,
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Clients#Thunderbird
protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep }
That should also solve your second problem.
I have a new strange problem and maybe it has to do with the same original problem: After adding the "workaround" feature to imap, this happens:
- In thunderbird I delete a folder
- Closing TB
- Starting TB again
- TB tells me that it can not find the folder a/b/example anymore
The latter is interesting, as I had deleted it with TB once before.
Even if I drag the folder directly to the trash and verify that it really is in there, the steps are the same as described in my short list above.
Thanks in advance Christian
Roessner-Network-Solutions Bachelor of Science Informatik 50°34.725'N, 08°40.904'O, Nahrungsberg 81, 35390 Giessen F: +49 641 5879091, M: +49 176 93118939 USt-IdNr.: DE225643613 http://www.roessner-network-solutions.com
Am 10.07.2011 18:00, schrieb Christian Roessner:
Hi,
I use Dovecot-2.0.13 with mdbox and Thunderbird (IMAP). I have dozens of imap folders and sometimes I wish to delete several folders:
First Problem:
If I remove a folder under TB, it get moved to my Trash folder. After that I close TB, which also purges the trash. When I come back, the deleted folder and its content is still there. There is no way to remove it with TB. On the server side I see that the folder is listed under mailboxes/Trash and in the subscriptions file, a last line shows that Trash/foldername is subscribed. If I remove that line and the mailboxes-folder, then TB is happy again.
yes , this sometimees happens, manual unsubscribe with/in TB an restart fixes this in most cases, no need to edit subscript file
( sometimes after heavy tests and reconfigures etc i edited the subscript file anyway )
Second problem:
If I have two folders a and b, both containing a folder example:
a/example b/example
I only can delete one folder. By deleting the second one, the IMAP server tells me that there already exists on folder named example.
ok this is a move/copy to trash, there cant be 2 folders under trash with same names
I am not sure, if this is thunderbird or dovecot related, but both problems are really annoying. Am I missing some configuration?
Thunderbird is Ubuntu's packaged version 3.1.10.
just tested with tb5 your first case didnt happend in my tests, but i know it from 3.1.x
Thanks for any ideas and help in advance and don't get me wrong: I really love dovecot ;-)
i am nearly sure this is no dovecot problem, for info i use maildirs
Best wishes Christian
-- Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer
Germany/Munich/Bavaria
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Christian Roessner
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Morten P.D. Stevens
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Robert Schetterer