Send folder disappeared

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 23 March 2019 01:59 Esteban L via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hello, 
> 
> Dovecot 2.2.27
> 
> I have a strange issue, where my "Send" folder was absent in my
> mailbox. It had been there before, fully functioning. Then, it was
> gone.
> 
> I went into:
> vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf
> 
> And, noticed that my mailbox for Sent was no longer automatically
> subscribed, so I changed it, and restarted dovecot.
> 
> > # For \Sent mailboxes there are two widely used names. We'll mark
> > both of
> >   # them as \Sent. User typically deletes one of them if duplicates
> > are created.
> >   mailbox Sent {
> >     special_use = \Sent
> >     auto = subscribe
> >   }
> >   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> >     special_use = \Sent
> >   }
> > }
> 
> Now, Sent shows up again, but email I send, doesn't show up in the sent
> file?? The sent file is, and remains, empty.
> 
> 
> >

Uh. Folders do not disappear itself, also they do not become unsubscribed on their own. auto=subscribe makes permanent subscription on create.

Are you sure you have not fumbled with your MUA?

Aki