[imp] Can not create sub folder

connerf connerf at ncifcrf.gov
Thu Feb 26 10:03:19 PST 2004


Craig White wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 08:36, connerf wrote:
> > I am using
> >
> > imp version 3.2.1
> > horder version 2.2.3
> > imap-2001a-10
> > Redhat Linux 7.3
> >
> > I can not create a sub folder.  For example I create a folder called
> > work and I want to create a sub folder under that called memo.  When I
> > click create folder I get the following error
> >
> > The folder "work/memo" was not created. This is what the server said:
> > <i>CREATE failed: Can't create mailbox node /home/username/mail/work/:
> > File exists</i>
> >
> > The directory $HOME/mail/work exists but $HOME/mail/work/memo does not.
> ---
> This isn't an imp problem - it is a problem with uw-imap and the fact
> that a mail folder is not a directory.
>
> If you delete the work folder (which is actually a mail folder and not a
> directory), then you can create work/memo which will create the work
> subdirectory simultaneously with the memo mail folder. Then you could
> add other mail folders to the work subdirectory. Netscape/Mozilla also
> supports this method with uw-imap. Microsoft Mail clients do not have
> this ability.
>
> Craig

Thank you, that works.



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