On June 18, 2005 06:09 pm, Daniel Watts wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I recently was set up to be able to use SquirrelMail as already installed > > and used for some time. I am having an individual *user* problem, not an > > installation problem. > > > > I created several mail folders. Some I set to contain subfolders, some > > not. I then reorganized my entire system for sorting mail and wanted to > > delete all the folders I had created to start over. I was able to delete > > the folders which were visible in the drop-down menu next to the MOVE > > button, which was all the folders set up to contain messages, but not the > > folders set up to contain sub-folders. > > > > When I select these folders in the 'delete' bar, in the 'Folders' page, > > it allows me to slect them, and asks if I'm sure I want to delete them. > > However, when I hit 'yes,' I get an error message saying that the folder > > does not exist. > > > > However, the folder still appears both on the 'folders' list and on my > > left-hand bar listing folders. > > > > I have unsubcribed to the folders. This stops them from appearing in the > > left-hand bar. However, I still cannot delete them. Once they are all > > unsubscribed, the delete option says "Cannot find folders to delete." > > > > This is not a satisfactory resolution for me because I wish to create new > > folders which would contain messages, rather than sub-folders, by the > > names currently in use by the old folders. Because I cannot delete them, > > when I try to create a new folder by the same name, I am given an error > > message, stating that there is already a folder by this name. > > > > For the time being, I will work around this by resubscribing to the > > folders, renaming them with names I don't want to use, unsubscribing to > > them, and creating new folders with the proper names. However, this > > seems like a ridiculaous work-around. If nyone can tell me how to simply > > delete the unwanted folders, I would be very grateful. > > > > Thank you. > > It's a shame this has not been responded to - is this not a bug anyone > else sees?
I can't reproduce the problem on my system but I'm not using the same imap server. > What I can helpfully add is that once you RE-subscribe to a folder you > CAN then delete it. > > Ie Unsubscribe -> Subscribe -> Delete. > > If squirrelmail could fix this problem that would be grand. > > Information: > sqm: 1.4.4 > linux redhat enterprise > uw-imap > php 4.3.11 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > -- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting Guidelines: > http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines List > Address: squirrelmail-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List Archives: > http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List > Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List > Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/ I am currently looking for work. If you need competent system/network administration please feel free to contact me directly. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@lists.sourceforge.net List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
