[CentOS] Minor dovecot/KMail problem

Tue Jun 23 13:12:09 UTC 2009
Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu>

Gary Greene wrote:

> On 6/20/09 5:43 AM, "Timothy Murphy"

>> But I have worked out that the cause of the problem
>> is that there exists a kind of ghost folder, "uidvalidity",
>> which is listed among the folders on the kmail page
>> but does not in fact seem to exist in my maildir on the server.
>> 
>> Deleting the folder under kmail has no permanent effect;
>> it simply re-appears when I re-start kmail.
>> 
>> I assume the folder is listed in some way in the dovecot.index ;
>> and my question really is: if I delete this index file
>> will it be re-created automatically?
>> 
>> This bug/feature seems to have been present for years,
>> which I suppose is par for KDE.

Years?  Bugs filed?  If so, where?

Could very well simply be a bug in dovecot and/or incompatibility between
dovecot/kmail.

-- Rex