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. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin