[imp] renaming an deleting folders

Chuck Hagenbuch chuck at horde.org
Thu Apr 10 09:04:56 PDT 2003


Quoting ianux <ianux at free.fr>:

> I have a folder in my INBOX called test.
> When I rename it, a pop-up window ask me for a new name, and show the
> actual name INBOX.test.
> When I rename it to INBOX.test2, IMP create a folder in INBOX called
> INBOX, and inside this folder, another one called INBOX too, and inside
> it, test2.
> When I rename it to test2, IMP create a folder in INBOX called INBOX,
> and inside it, test2.
> And if I want to delete it, IMP does not allow that, saying
> "Mailbox does not exist, or must be subscribed to".
> Why this behaviour ?

Because most likely you have set 'folders' and 'namespace' both to 'INBOX.',
which does not work. Set one to '' and leave the other.

-chuck

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Charles Hagenbuch, <chuck at horde.org>
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