What is the mail client? I had the same problem with Thunderbird until
I found the answer on this list a while back. It's not a Dovecot issue;
it's the way Thunderbird handles deletions. mbox does not support
folders containing messages+folders, so it was attempting to delete a
folder by sending it to the "Trash" folder, which obviously won't
work
given the constraint above. The solution, at least with Tbird, is a
removing a check from the box under Tools->Account
Settings->{accountname}-Server Settings->Advanced: "Server supports
folders that contain subfolders ansd messages". I don't know if other
clients have this setting, but it fixed my problem with deleting folders.
RobertC
Matt Juszczak wrote:> Hi all,
>
> We're using the mbox format and I tried setting up IMAP on my
boss's
> computer tonight.
>
> He likes subfolders, and although they work, he can't seem to remove
> subfolders once he created them, nor create new folders without using
> something other than his mail client (like mkdir from the command line).
>
> Any ideas on this? Does dovecot just not officially support IMAP and
> subfolders with the mbox format? Or could it be a permissions issue?
>
> -Matt