On Saturday 11 October 2003 22:35, Jonathan Nichols wrote: > Ugh! I can't get rid of a folder. :-( > > "ERROR : Could not complete request. > Query: SELECT "INBOX.Trash.MRTG" > Reason Given: Mailbox does not exist, or must be subscribed to." > > I've even tried rm -rf /home/vmail/domain/user/.maildir/.Trash
That particular folder would be called .Trash.MRTG. All folders shown in the client are maildirs stored at the same level (the INBOX) with the '.' used as the separator. They don't actually live inside each other like they appear in the client. So the Trash folder is .Trash, the MRTG folder which your client shows you "inside" the Trash folder is actually a maildir called .Trash.MRTG which also lives in the INBOX, a folder called Stuff inside the MRTG folder inside the Trash folder would actually be .Trash.MRTG.Stuff. You get the idea. You would be able to see all these by using the "ls -a" command inside the main Maildir (which is your INBOX). So manually deleting the .Trash maildir only deletes the Trash folder; it doesn't actually delete any of the folders that appear to be "inside" of the Trash folder. (That would probably make the client pretty confused as well! :-) Look and see if there really IS a .Trash.MRTG maildir in the INBOX for this user. The path you put in - "/home/vmail/domain/user/.maildir/.Trash" - looks a bit suspect. Normally the Maildir is called "Maildir", unless you intentionally changed it. (Which is fine, just not "standard".) I get this problem when I log into SQWebMail to make a filter and it moves all my sent mail to .Sent.2003.09-July (or whatever). There isn't actually a Sent.2003 folder on the disk only a .Sent.2003.09-July one. So I can delete that bottom level folder (09-July) but then I can't delete the .Sent.2003 folder because it doesn't exist. But kmail still shows the 2003 folder below the Sent folder even though it's not on the disk. What I do is create a new folder inside the Sent folder (using kmail) which replaces the non-existent 2003 folder and then I can delete the new folder. Don't ask me why it works, but it does. Probably there's an easier way to flush the kmail cache (or the courier cache?) but this solves my problem and life is too short to wrestle with your email client! Jeff Jansen ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
