If you are getting 'folder already exists', in your imap client, select 'subscriptions', and look for the offending earlier folder, subscribe to it, check if your mail still exists in that folder, or if there is new mail there. If there is, copy that to your incorrectly placed folder, delete the existing folder that's in the correct location and move the incorrectly placed one into the right place. If you actually moved the folder, my guess is that you have some filtering setup to deliver mail to the old folder location, and that's why the folder now exists - new mail was delivered to it by your filtering, not because dovecot's remembered it.

Good luck, Pete

Andy Cravens wrote:

Is there a way to move an imap subfolder up one level? I have a bad mouse and every now and then I have accidentally dragged an imap folder on top of another folder. I am unable to get the original folder back up one level. I've tried using several clients and I can't get it to work with dovecot. I keep getting a "folder already exists" message. I'm guessing dovecot still sees the original folder before it was moved. Any tips... besides getting a new mouse?

-- Andy