dovecot - Mar 2014 - Sieve/autosubscribe subfolder

Hi,

I just ran across the annoying issue, that with

lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes

set, parent folders of newly created subfolders get subscribed without
being existent.

Let me give an example:

In sieve I use
	fileinto "foo/bar";

but "foo/" does not exist as folder. So the Mailbox
"foo/bar" gets
created, but without "foo/" being a Mailbox. Nevertheless gets
"foo/"
subscribed, so that I have a non-existing mailbox in my subscription
list, what confuses thunderbird.

So, to solve this problem, I would propose
- either the implicit creation of foo/ as mailbox or
- not subscribing foo/

Moritz

On 07 Mar 2014, at 04:12 , Moritz Augsburger <ml+dovecot at
moritz.augsburger.name> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just ran across the annoying issue, that with
> 
> lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
> lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes
> 
> set, parent folders of newly created subfolders get subscribed without
> being existent.
> 
> Let me give an example:
> 
> In sieve I use
> 	fileinto "foo/bar";
> 
> but "foo/" does not exist as folder. So the Mailbox
"foo/bar" gets
> created, but without "foo/" being a Mailbox. Nevertheless gets
"foo/"
> subscribed, so that I have a non-existing mailbox in my subscription
> list, what confuses thunderbird.
Are you sure the problem is not ThunderBird?
> So, to solve this problem, I would propose
> - either the implicit creation of foo/ as mailbox or
Terrible idea.
> - not subscribing foo/
Yes, assuming that it is not TB screwing up.

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