>I was using Squirrelmail and had unsubscribed my folders, then found I
>couldn't get
>them back. They were also FULL of really important documents. The folders
>weren't on
>the Subscribe to: list, and they don't show up on my folder list, even
when I
>refresh or when I log out and back in. When I try to recreate my folders,
I >get an
>error:
>
>ERROR : Could not complete request.
>Query: CREATE "INBOX/Important"
>Reason Given: CREATE failed: Can't create mailbox node
>/home/mydomain//mail/INBOX/Important: File exists
>
>Please tell me what I can do, I'm frantic. It'll be a really bad thing if
I >lose
>those folders.

I'm not an expert on Squirrelmail (just an informed user), so I'll cover
some of the basics with you first as an immediate "try to help" step.

* Do you have access to the machine that your mail is stored on? 
(Meaning, can you log into it)?
* If so, do you know what directory your files are stored?
* If you can get to the directory where your mail is stored, then you can
save it off; each e-mail (assuming IMAP) is stored in individual files.

If you don't have access to the machine, do you have an admin you can
contact to make a backup/copy of your mail folder?

Basically, you can try to copy the folders off someplace to ensure they
don't get biffed while trying to recover.  This is especially good if you
have important mail you can't lose.

If you'd like assistance off-line from the mailing list on how to backup
your mail (or get to it alternative ways), drop me a note directly.   Of
course, the answer to "how do I get my folders back" would still need to
be addressed in this forum.
Let me know... I'm glad to help. 8)
L8r.

Brian 8)


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