[Dovecot] kmail-error: can't upload folder (imap-account on dovecot-server)
Hello,
I've some trouble with my kmail (Version 1.13.5 / KDE 4.5.1, Kubuntu 10.04 and a dovecot-imap-server on debian etch (dovecot 1.0.rc15-2etch5).
Everytime I try to create a folder under my imap-inbox, I get an error like "can't upload folder...", but after this message I can see a new folder under my inbox-folder, but I can't use it ...
With a thundermail-client I can create a subfolder without any erro and I can use it r (but only first level).
My conf: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: Herzlich Willkommen, %u. mail_location: mbox:~/mail imap_client_workarounds: outlook-idle tb-extra-mailbox-sep auth default: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd.dovecot userdb: driver: passwd
The reason for using debian etch and dovecot 1.0 is the hardware: it's running on a Fritzbox-Router, and there is actual a littlebit trouble with lenny (often crashing, reboots of the whole box etc.)
I hope, someone can help me ...
Thanx and greetz,
Christoph
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cool.chris65@web.de wrote:
The reason for using debian etch and dovecot 1.0 is the hardware: it's running on a Fritzbox-Router, and there is actual a littlebit trouble with lenny (often crashing, reboots of the whole box etc.)
Though I don't anticipate this will solve your prime issue, we were able to (still) somewhat update Dovecot on a Debian Etch box using the Archive at Debian; we used these:
http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports/pool/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-commo...
http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports/pool/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd...
Apparently, the backports repository can still be used (no updates):
Debian Backports "Today the Backports for Debian Etch got removed from the backports.debian.org archive. Should you really still need them, the backports are still available from http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports [1] but we recommend everybody to upgrade from Etch with backports to Lenny (with backports) now, as there is no security support anymore for Etch." http://backports.debian.org/
regards, Ron
On 20/09/2010 12:26, cool.chris65@web.de wrote:
Everytime I try to create a folder under my imap-inbox, I get an error like "can't upload folder...", but after this message I can see a new folder under my inbox-folder, but I can't use it ...
With a thundermail-client I can create a subfolder without any erro and I can use it r (but only first level).
My conf: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ... mail_location: mbox:~/mail
Under the normal mbox storage layout, you cannot have mailboxes (folders) which contain both messages and child mailboxes (subfolders). The reason is explained in detail at the beginning of http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders .
So with your present set-up you won't be able to create a folder under INBOX.
You can create folders at the top level, but you won't then be able to make subfolders in those.
To be able to nest folders freely, you could:
Switch your mail storage to one of the other formats: Maildir (Dovecot 1.0 onwards), single-dbox (Dovecot 1.2 onwards), multi-dbox (Dovecot 2.0 onwards).
Use a specialist scheme (Dovecot 2.0 onwards) to allow free nesting under mbox - see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders
Also worth noting that the current stable version of Dovecot is 2.0.x.
To be able to get best help on the mailing list, I would say try to use at least version 1.2.x of Dovecot.
Bill
Hey,
it's a long time since all your answers, but at least I solved it:
- update to etch-backports with all mail-related programms
- dovecot-config with maildir
After solving some other little problems my dovecot is running onto a fritz!box with freetz and debian etch :)
Thanks to all who gave tips ...
Greets, Christoph
Am Montag 20 September 2010, um 13:51:43 schrieb William Blunn:
On 20/09/2010 12:26, cool.chris65@web.de wrote:
Everytime I try to create a folder under my imap-inbox, I get an error like "can't upload folder...", but after this message I can see a new folder under my inbox-folder, but I can't use it ...
With a thundermail-client I can create a subfolder without any erro and I can use it r (but only first level).
My conf: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ... mail_location: mbox:~/mail
Under the normal mbox storage layout, you cannot have mailboxes (folders) which contain both messages and child mailboxes (subfolders). The reason is explained in detail at the beginning of http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders .
So with your present set-up you won't be able to create a folder under INBOX.
You can create folders at the top level, but you won't then be able to make subfolders in those.
To be able to nest folders freely, you could:
Switch your mail storage to one of the other formats: Maildir (Dovecot 1.0 onwards), single-dbox (Dovecot 1.2 onwards), multi-dbox (Dovecot 2.0 onwards).
Use a specialist scheme (Dovecot 2.0 onwards) to allow free nesting under mbox - see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders
Also worth noting that the current stable version of Dovecot is 2.0.x.
To be able to get best help on the mailing list, I would say try to use at least version 1.2.x of Dovecot.
Bill
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On 2010-09-20 7:26 AM, cool.chris65@web.de cool.chris65@web.de wrote:
dovecot-imap-server on debian etch (dovecot 1.0.rc15-2etch5).
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The reason for using debian etch and dovecot 1.0 is the hardware:
This is not even 1.0+, this is 1.0rc15, which was notoriously buggy...
*Not* upgrading should really not be an option, and you will get little meaningful support until you do...
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Best regards,
Charles
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Charles Marcus
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Christoph Knauer
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cool.chris65＠web.de
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Ron Leach
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William Blunn