dovecot - Jan 2005 - problems deleting folders

I've been having this problem for quite some time now of not being able 
to remove folders.  I'm using:

Fedora Core 2
dovecot-0.99.10.4-4

And dovecot is setup as using imaps (w/ SSL) and mbox files (instead of 
maildir).

I've done a small amount of tracing to see what the problem is, and it 
looks like what happens is when all messages in a folder is removed, 
there's still a 0-byte file lying around.  And the "delete"
command
issued from mail clients (I've used both Thunderbird and MS Outlook) end 
up trying to throw the file into Trash instead of somehow sending a 
delete command.  This then results in an error.  Maybe this is normal 
IMAP behavior, I don't know.  But that's what looks like is happening.

If anyone knows of a good solution to this, I would really appreciate it.

I'd rather avoid using maildir but if anyone knows whether this will 
definitely solve the problem, then I'll make the switch.

Thanks

Sorry for asking this again.  But I'd really just like to hear whether
anyone else running in the same configuration has this problem.

Basically, I'm using
	Fedora Core 2
	dovecot-0.99.10.4-4

And mbox instead of maildir.

Is anyone using mbox able to delete subfolders through their mail client?

What about users using maildir?

BTW, I am able to rename folders without any problem.

Thanks


Here's my original email:
> I've been having this problem for quite some time now of not being able
> to remove folders.  I'm using:
> 
> Fedora Core 2
> dovecot-0.99.10.4-4
> 
> And dovecot is setup as using imaps (w/ SSL) and mbox files (instead of 
> maildir).
> 
> I've done a small amount of tracing to see what the problem is, and it 
> looks like what happens is when all messages in a folder is removed, 
> there's still a 0-byte file lying around.  And the "delete"
command
> issued from mail clients (I've used both Thunderbird and MS Outlook)
end
> up trying to throw the file into Trash instead of somehow sending a 
> delete command.  This then results in an error.  Maybe this is normal 
> IMAP behavior, I don't know.  But that's what looks like is
happening.
> 
> If anyone knows of a good solution to this, I would really appreciate it.
> 
> I'd rather avoid using maildir but if anyone knows whether this will 
> definitely solve the problem, then I'll make the switch.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

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