[TriLUG] trilug mail server -- imap question (solved)

[Wing D Lizard]

The default IMAP advanced account setting named 'server supports folders
contain sub-folders and messages'  must be turned off ( till trilug imap is
upgraded).

This fixed my problems.

Thanks all.
b²

Wing D Lizard wrote:

> Yes that is the way I thought it worked ( at least used to work).
>
> Since I've upgraded to win32 thunderbird ( from an old mozilla 
> version) it isn't working
> for me.  I'm using the default IMAP settings.
>
> Currently ( at least for me), 1. folders can't contain folders, and 2. 
> folders can't be deleted.
>
>
> Can anybody verify this?
>
> b
>
> Tanner Lovelace wrote:
>
>> Brett,
>>
>> At the moment, you can't have folders that contain both other folders
>> and messages.  You can have folders that contain folders only and
>> you can have folders that contain messages, but not both.  However,
>> as soon as we can figure out our problems moving ldap over to the
>> new server, we will be switching to Cyrus IMAP which will remove this
>> limitation.
>>
>> As far as deleting old folders, you should just be able to right click
>> the folder in the left side column in Thunderbird and tell it to delete.
>> It will confirm and then should delete.
>>
>> Note, btw, that if you want a folder to contain other folders, the 
>> best way
>> right now is to create the folder, then immediately create other 
>> folders in it before any messages go in it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tanner
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:51:58 -0500, Brett Bolen <brettb at trilug.org> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Can I have folders that contain folders?
>>>
>>> How can I delete old folders?  Thunderbird gives me an error
>>> when I try to delete it:
>>>
>>> >  The current command did not succeed. The mail serer responded:
>>> >
>>> >     RENAME failed:  can't create mailbox node
>>> >        /var/spool/imap/brettb/Trash:  file exists
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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