Filipe Brandenburger wrote:
Years? Bugs filed? If so, where?
At random, here is one from 2006: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364953
Timothy, did you read that web page?
An excerpt:
I figured out how this bug could be resolved. KMail has introduced a configuration option for imap folders that allows you to mount a lot of
stuff
as a KMail folder. The present default is to look for things to mount *everywhere* on the mail server. In my case KMail wrongly recognized some files/folders from my server as imap folders. When I tried to remove them
I
accidentally destroyed some data, so yeah this bug had been a pain. It
took
me a while before I figured out that this was supposed to be a "feature".
It
was under 'Namespaces' configuration within 'Modify Account' dialog box.
Did you try to solve your problem with the suggested approach above?
To be honest, I had not read that web-page; I simply gave the URL as an example of the fact that the problem/feature seems to have been around for several years.
But having read the web-page, I still do not really understand. In my case there is a folder "uidvalidity" listed by kmail, but there is no file or directory with that name on the dovecot server.
I can't think of any rational reason why KMail should want to invent a folder with this name.
I don't think the suggested approach makes any sense in my case, as there is nothing relevant under the Namespaces heading (in Modify=>Advanced).
I guess that for me it is just one of those mysteries which will never be solved, like why Fiat bought Chrysler.