[Dovecot] Sub-Sub-Subfolders not shown after converting from maildir to mdbox

[William Blunn]

On 08/09/2010 21:17, Patrick Westenberg wrote:
> it seems to be a bug in Thunderbird and SeaMonkey:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592633

Now confirmed. David Bienvenu replicated the problem with Thunderbird 
(involving connecting to my server running Dovecot 2.0.1), analysed it 
and found a problem with Thunderbird. They are now scratching their 
heads over how to fix it :-)

So I think Dovecot is working correctly here.

To tide people over until the bug is fixed, a couple of workarounds have 
surfaced:

1. You can configure Thunderbird to show all folders rather than just 
subcribed ones. In Server Settings / Advanced, untick the box "Show only 
subscribed folders". This then exposes the third-level folders.

2. Make the folder(s) in question be listed in the server's subscribed 
folders list by some other means. For example using another e-mail 
client, or just adding the folder name(s) to the "subscriptions" file on 
the server.

Bill