This problem has been reported earlier:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00808.html

Rodolfo

> 
> 
> I just upgraded to imap-2007. But people have reported this problem to me 
> before, when we were running imap-2006h.
> 
> When they delete a folder in Thunderbird, it 
> disappears, but reappears next time they log in.
> 
> When I log the network traffic, I see
> 
> 3 select "Trash/junk2"
> * 0 EXISTS
> * 0 RECENT
> * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1178927324] UID validity status
> * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID
> * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
> * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\* \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)] Permanent 
> flags
> 3 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
> 4 IDLE
> + Waiting for DONE
> DONE
> 4 OK IDLE completed
> 5 list "" "Trash/junk2/*"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" Trash/junk2/
> 5 OK LIST completed
> 6 delete "Trash/junk2/"
> 6 NO Can't lock mailbox for delete: Trash/junk2/
> 7 IDLE
> + Waiting for DONE
> 
> So, a bug in Thunderbird where it ignores the "NO" and removes the icon
> for junk2 in the GUI. But some locking issue in imapd.
> 
> This is with Linux 2.6.9-55, SL  (=~ RHEL) 4.5, XFS filesystem.
> 
> I'm not sure why I haven't seen this before ... maybe the users don't 
> normally delete anything ....
> 
> In mix.c, I see
> 
>   else if (((fd = open (tmp,O_RDWR,NIL)) < 0) || flock (fd,LOCK_EX|LOCK_NB))
>      sprintf (tmp,"Can't lock mailbox for delete: %.80s",mailbox);
> supposedly an exclusinve non-blocking lock.
> 
> Hmm .. if I delete a folder in Pine, it is gone. I had SSL on so didn't 
> get the IMAP commands.
> 
> Maybe there's a problem with Thunderbird having multiple threads open on 
> the same mailbox. (I was using  2.0.0.9)
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada
> Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376  (Pacific Time)
> Network Security Manager
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