Mark E. Hansen wrote: > I'm using Mozilla 0.9.9 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:0.9.9) >Gecko/20020311) > as an IMAP client. The IMAP server is running on RedHat Linux, 7.2. > > I am unable to create a new IMAP mailbox within an existing folder. > > When I select the folder, I get an error that the server doesn't support > this action (in that the folder cannot, itself, contain messages). Isn't > there a better way to handle this - like displaying statistics in the > message window, or anything other than getting a pop-up error message? > > Then, I select File -> New -> Folder (there is no new mailbox, but I think > this is what was intended by the command) and get a dialog that asks: > > - The name of the new folder > - Whether the folder should contain messages only or folders only > - A drop-down selector to select the parent folder for the new folder > > The problem is that this selector is incomplete. It shows two top-level > entries, "Local Folders" and my IMAP account. If I mouse over the IMAP > account, then I get a sub-menu that includes entries for each of the > top-level mailboxes (all stippled) and nothing else. There is no way to > select any existing folders as the parent for my new mailbox. > > I created a new mailbox in the top-level, which was allowed, then drug > the mailbox in an attempt to move it to the desired parent folder, but > this was not allowed. The drag icon remained the "illegal drop site" > icon while I was over all the other folders. > > What am I missing? Please help. > > Thanks,
your server needs to support sub-directories..
