dman84 wrote: > > 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..
I think it does. Using other IMAP clients I can create sub-folders. For example, OE and Eudora can both do it without any problems. The folder I'm using on the IMAP server makes extensive use of sub-directories. The server is based on directories as folders, and individual files as mailboxes. Folders can contain folders and mailboxes. Is there something else going on? Is there a problem with my IMAP server that would allow this to work from OE or Eudora but not from Mozilla? Thanks,
