[imp] How is Virtual Trash set up in IMP 5?

Andrew Morgan morgan at orst.edu
Wed Nov 9 18:16:49 UTC 2011


On Wed, 9 Nov 2011, francis picabia wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>>
>> Zitat von francis picabia <fpicabia at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Looking through the preferences and config UI, can't see how Virtual
>>> Trash is enabled.   I've seen how to set it as the trash, but that
>>> won't create or enable it. There is an IMAP error if I only point the
>>> preference to Virtual Trash.
>>>
>>> This is all I have to go by, and I don't understand what other values
>>> it could be assigned :
>>>
>>> $_prefs['vfolder'] = array(
>>>    // By default, Virtual Inbox is enabled and Virtual Trash is disabled.
>>>    // 'value' => serialize(array())
>>>    'value' => 'a:0:{}'
>>> );
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>>
>> http://wiki.horde.org/CustomizingPreferences 3rd paragraph.
>
> OK, copy the settings out of what appears in the database.  Fine.  But
> how do I set up a Virtual Trash for my user?  If I assign my trash to
> be Virtual Trash, after deleting an item I get:
>
> 'The folder "Virtual Trash" was not created. This is what the server
> said: IMAP error: Permission denied'
>
> What am I missing?  It is something in the backends file for what we
> support over IMAP?  I can create regular IMAP folders.  I have
> searched "Virtual Folder" in the wiki, and in the config files, etc.
> I'm stumped.

In IMP4, here is how I enabled Virtual Trash:

1. Login
2. Click on Options > Mail
3. Click on Deleting and Moving Messages
4. In the "Trash Folder:" drop-down list, choose "Use Virtual Trash"
5. Click on Save Options

You might have to logout and login to get the change to take effect.

 	Andy


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