The IMAP specification explicitly requires requires that a server NOT
remove a name from the subscription list even if the mailbox is
deleted. There is a separate step required to remove a name from
the subscription list.
Try to get Thunderbird to product a transcript of the IMAP protocol
negotiations. Once you have that, search for an UNSUBSCRIBE
command. If you see an error message from the IMAP server for
the UNSUBSCRIBE command, that should indicate what is wrong.
If you see no UNSUBSCRIBE command at all, then you need to
gripe to the developers of Thunderbird.
Actually, you should gripe to the developers of Thunderbird for
using subscriptions at all. There is no excuse for them to do so.
-- Mark --
http://panda.com/mrc
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:08:42 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Imap-uw] .mailboxlist not being updated when deleting folders from
> Thunderbird 1.5, 2.x clients
>
> Hi all,
>
> Not sure if this is a t-bird issue or not, but since migrating from
> 2004d to 2007b we are unable to delete any imap folders (w or w/o
> containing messages/subfolders) from Thunderbird clients, which we use
> exclusively here. Doesn't seem to matter if the client is configured to
> move deleted messages to Trash or remove immediately, the folders remain
> in the .mailboxlist file and reappear at next launch of client.
> Permissions on both the folders and the .mailboxlist appear correct, as
> users can create folders.
>
> Compacting doesn't solve the problem, neither does emptying the Trash
> (for those who are configured that way).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> -J
>
>
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