doveadm mailbox delete not working

[Ralf Becker]

One more update, I tried renaming that "[Test " folder to just "Test",
which creates an also not deletable folder "Test".

Good news is, if I delete these folders on both replication nodes from
mdbox/mailboxes and mdbox/subscriptions they seem to be really gone.
I can event create the folder "Test" again and it behaves normal aka. I
can delete it afterwards via IMAP.

Any objections againts that workaround (deleting the folder in
mdbox/mailboxes and from mdbox/subscriptions)?

Ralf

Am 15.08.18 um 18:23 schrieb Ralf Becker:
> I found a way to reproduce the problem :)
>
> Use an arbitrary mailbox (maybe my Dovecot config with mdbox etc. required).
> Then use Thunderbird (52.9.1 on Mac) to create eg. the following folder
> (without the quotes!):
>
>     "[Test / Test]"
>
> This is a space, a slash and a space between the Test in square brackets.
>
> TB now creates the following two folders:
>
> 1. "INBOX/[Test " (not subscribed)
> 2. "INBOX/[Test / Test]" (subscribed)
>
> I can delete the 2. one, but the 1. one is not deletable, neither via TB
> nor doveadm command:
>
> / # doveadm mailbox status -u bb at bb-trunk.egroupware.de all 'INBOX/[Test '
> doveadm(bb at bb-trunk.egroupware.de): Error: Mailbox INBOX/[Test : Failed
> to lookup mailbox status: Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX/[Test
> / # doveadm mailbox delete -u bb at bb-trunk.egroupware.de 'INBOX/[Test '
> doveadm(bb at bb-trunk.egroupware.de): Info: Mailbox deleted: INBOX/[Test
> / # doveadm mailbox list -u bb at bb-trunk.egroupware.de 'INBOX/[Test '
> INBOX/[Test
>
> I can see the folder under mdbox/mailboxes and in mdbox/subscriptions.
>
> I hope that allows you to reproduce it.
>
> Ralf
>
> Am 14.08.18 um 15:13 schrieb Ralf Becker:
>> I have a user who has several folders in his mailbox, which we can not
>> delete, neither via IMAP nor via doveadm:
>>
>> root at ka-nfs-mail:~# doveadm mailbox list -u <username> | grep hbereiche
>> | cat -v
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche ^M
>> INBOX/Fachbereiche ^M
>> INBOX/hbereiche^M
>> INBOX/hbereiche/LAGen]^M
>> INBOX/hbereiche/LAG^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche/LAGen]^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche]^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche]/LAGen]^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche]/LAGe^M
>> root at ka-nfs-mail:~# doveadm mailbox delete  -u <username>
>> 'INBOX/Fachbereiche '
>> doveadm(<username>): Info: Mailbox deleted: INBOX/Fachbereiche
>> root at ka-nfs-mail:~# doveadm mailbox list -u <username>| grep hbereiche |
>> cat -v
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche ^M
>> INBOX/Fachbereiche ^M
>> INBOX/hbereiche^M
>> INBOX/hbereiche/LAGen]^M
>> INBOX/hbereiche/LAG^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche/LAGen]^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche]^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche]/LAGen]^M
>> INBOX/[Fachbereiche]/LAGe^M
>>
>> As far as I tried none of these folders can be deleted (I added single
>> quotes for trailing space and tried to delete subfolders first).
>>
>> Mailbox is in mdbox format on a replication pair under Dovecot 2.2.36
>> and I tried both nodes of the replication with same result.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Ralf
>>

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Ralf Becker
EGroupware GmbH [www.egroupware.org]
Handelsregister HRB Kaiserslautern 3587
Geschäftsführer Birgit und Ralf Becker
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