Just out of curiosity, did you have the checkbox selected that lets the server override those settings? I thought that it should inform the mail client about that, but perhaps that's just for the namespaces.
Glad you got it working. Cheers, Tanner On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:46:42 -0500, Wing D Lizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The default IMAP advanced account setting named 'server supports folders > contain sub-folders and messages' must be turned off ( till trilug imap is > upgraded). > > This fixed my problems. > > Thanks all. > b� > > Wing D Lizard wrote: > > > Yes that is the way I thought it worked ( at least used to work). > > > > Since I've upgraded to win32 thunderbird ( from an old mozilla > > version) it isn't working > > for me. I'm using the default IMAP settings. > > > > Currently ( at least for me), 1. folders can't contain folders, and 2. > > folders can't be deleted. > > > > > > Can anybody verify this? > > > > b > > > > Tanner Lovelace wrote: > > > >> Brett, > >> > >> At the moment, you can't have folders that contain both other folders > >> and messages. You can have folders that contain folders only and > >> you can have folders that contain messages, but not both. However, > >> as soon as we can figure out our problems moving ldap over to the > >> new server, we will be switching to Cyrus IMAP which will remove this > >> limitation. > >> > >> As far as deleting old folders, you should just be able to right click > >> the folder in the left side column in Thunderbird and tell it to delete. > >> It will confirm and then should delete. > >> > >> Note, btw, that if you want a folder to contain other folders, the > >> best way > >> right now is to create the folder, then immediately create other > >> folders in it before any messages go in it. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Tanner > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:51:58 -0500, Brett Bolen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Can I have folders that contain folders? > >>> > >>> How can I delete old folders? Thunderbird gives me an error > >>> when I try to delete it: > >>> > >>> > The current command did not succeed. The mail serer responded: > >>> > > >>> > RENAME failed: can't create mailbox node > >>> > /var/spool/imap/brettb/Trash: file exists > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> b� > >>> > >>> ----------------------- > >>> -- H Brett Bolen > >>> -- TCNi > >>> -- Phone: 919 550-0828 > >>> -- FAX: 484 993 9368 > >>> > >>> -- > >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>> Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005 > >>> > >>> -- > >>> TriLUG mailing list : > >>> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >>> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >>> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >>> TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005 > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=8127171 (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
