Send folder disappeared

Aki Tuomi
Sat, 23 Mar 2019 08:22:43 -0000

> On 23 March 2019 01:59 Esteban L via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org>
wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Dovecot 2.2.27
>
> I have a strange issue, where my "Send" folder was absent in my
> mailbox. It had been there before, fully functioning. Then, it was
> gone.
>
> I went into:
> vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf
>
> And, noticed that my mailbox for Sent was no longer automatically
> subscribed, so I changed it, and restarted dovecot.
>
> > # For \Sent mailboxes there are two widely used names. We'll mark
> > both of
> > ? # them as \Sent. User typically deletes one of them if duplicates
> > are created.
> > ? mailbox Sent {
> > ????special_use = \Sent
> > ????auto = subscribe
> > ? }
> > ? mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> > ????special_use = \Sent
> > ? }
> > }
>
> Now, Sent shows up again, but email I send, doesn't show up in the sent
> file?? The sent file is, and remains, empty.
>
>
> >

Uh. Folders do not disappear itself, also they do not become unsubscribed on
their own. auto=subscribe makes permanent subscription on create.

Are you sure you have not fumbled with your MUA?

Aki