dovecot - Oct 2007 - trouble deleting folders that only contain folders

Hi,

I'm using dovecot 1.0.5 with mbox storage. Users can't delete folders 
that are created to 'only hold other folders'. I can create these 
folders with no problem. They are directories in the file system. Normal 
folders (which are mbox files) are deleted with no problem. I've tried 
with both squirrelmail and Thunderbird, and what happens when a delete 
is requested, is that all files within the folder's dir tree are deleted 
and the client is unsubscribed, but the directory tree remains.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

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Ken Anderson
Pacific.Net

On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 16:51 -0500, Ken A wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using dovecot 1.0.5 with mbox storage. Users can't delete
folders
> that are created to 'only hold other folders'. I can create these 
> folders with no problem. They are directories in the file system. Normal 
> folders (which are mbox files) are deleted with no problem. I've tried 
> with both squirrelmail and Thunderbird, and what happens when a delete 
> is requested, is that all files within the folder's dir tree are
deleted
> and the client is unsubscribed, but the directory tree remains.
I think this is a client bug. See what commands the client sends. Seems
to work right with me:

x create dir/
x OK Create completed.
x list "" dir
* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "dir"
x OK List completed.
x delete dir
x OK Delete completed.
x list "" dir
x OK List completed.

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Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 16:51 -0500, Ken A wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using dovecot 1.0.5 with mbox storage. Users can't delete
folders
>> that are created to 'only hold other folders'. I can create
these
>> folders with no problem. They are directories in the file system.
Normal
>> folders (which are mbox files) are deleted with no problem. I've
tried
>> with both squirrelmail and Thunderbird, and what happens when a delete 
>> is requested, is that all files within the folder's dir tree are
deleted
>> and the client is unsubscribed, but the directory tree remains.
> 
> I think this is a client bug. See what commands the client sends. Seems
> to work right with me:
> 
> x create dir/
> x OK Create completed.
> x list "" dir
> * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "dir"
> x OK List completed.
> x delete dir
> x OK Delete completed.
> x list "" dir
> x OK List completed.
> 
I get this, from telnet:

x create dir/
x OK Create completed.
x list "" dir
* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "dir"
x OK List completed.
x delete dir
x NO Mailbox isn't selectable: dir
x list "" dir
* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "dir"
x OK List completed.


I must have something misconfigured.
mail_location: 
mbox:/var/spool/mail/folders/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/spool/dovecot_indexes/%u

Thanks for any assistance,
Ken


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Ken Anderson
Pacific.Net