Interviewed by CNN on 15/01/2014 17:27, Ray Davison told the world: > WinXP SM 2.22 > > I have ten POP accounts and one IMAP. The IMAP account is new and the > first I have ever had. I expect IMAP to be somewhat different but this > is a bit much. > > When I open the mail client, my primary POP account and the IMAP are > expanded; sub-folders are exposed. The rest of the POP accounts show > only the top folder. The IMAP looks like this. > > https://plus.google.com/photos/110720715566253280768/albums/5211586024118934849/5969191047190075234?banner=pwa&pid=5969191047190075234&oid=110720715566253280768 > > If I open the Inbox, all other folders disappear. > > https://plus.google.com/photos/110720715566253280768/albums/5211586024118934849/5969191093550213586?banner=pwa&pid=5969191093550213586&oid=110720715566253280768 > > At a later time when I opened the mail client the sub-folders had grown > to this; > > https://plus.google.com/photos/110720715566253280768/albums/5211586024118934849/5969191136037209906?banner=pwa&pid=5969191136037209906&oid=110720715566253280768 > > Again, opening Inbox caused the others to disappear. It would seem that > the sub-folders will grow without bound. > > Those sometimes visible folders are actual files in an INBOX > sub-directory, just like they show when the mail client is first opened, > and they are being used. The account can send and receive, but no > "normal" Sent, Draft, Template,,, folders are created. Rather it > creates a fresh set in INBOX.sdb every time the mail client is opened. > > I closed SM, deleted everything except the X:\\\MAIL\inbox. The next > time I opened the mail client, X:\\\MAIL\INBOX.sdb and files > representing those shown above were recreated. > > Is any/all of this to be expected with IMAP?
No, it isn't. What it seems to be happening is some sort of sync disagreement between Seamonkey and your mail server. Apparently Seamonkey and your server have different ideas on how the folders are organized -- if they are *inside* INBOX, or *besides* it. It happens sometimes, particularly with small ISPs who aren't used to configuring IMAP servers. I had one account in a friend's private domain which was plagued with such problems. I don't remember very well how I fixed it -- I think I manually adjusted the value for the IMAP "root" folder (usual values are either blank or "INBOX." -- the dot is important), but I really don't remember how I did it. What I do remember is that this setting is sorta hidden in Seamonkey, it took some research to find it... -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my BeBox. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.23 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
