[dev] deleting folders from IMP

Dilyan Palauzov didopalauzov at aegee.org
Fri Sep 23 16:43:44 PDT 2005


    Hello,
    I am not sure this is the right list, nor if it is a bug, but the 
behaviour of deleting inherited folders in Imp looks strange for me:
       Suppose we have a cyrus-imap server, accessed with IMP 4.0.3 . 
 From the IMP-> "Folders" button/page we create one subfolder, called 
test and a subfolder of test, called beta. At the end we have the 
following structure:

+--Inbox
  +--test
     +--beta

At this moment we delete again over the "Folders" page (is there a 
better term for "page"?) the "test" folder. Now the "beta" folder still 
exists as well the "test" one, whereas we cannot store anymore mails in 
test and when clicking on "test" in the left menu (sidebar) it opens 
immediately the "beta" folder.
    Is this a bug in the deletion or presents the desired behaviour?

Going a bit further, without leaving the "Folders" page we delete the 
"beta" folder. It is then perfectly deleted but the "test" folder 
reimains appearing in the "Folders" page until the next login.

    Finally, what I find a bit confusing, but can live with, when I 
create folders, without having choosen the parent folder, in an 
IMP403/Cyrus environment, which allows only INBOX as root-folder and 
everything else is at least one level behind it, so... when I create 
folders without having choosen a desired parent, I am asked for the name 
of the folder but it is not created and no error message is reported to 
the user (=me).
     OKay, that's only a remark, if you concider as needed, I can submit 
a bug report.

       greetings,

          Dilyan Palauzov
          Computer Center / University of Karlsruhe
          http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de


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