Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> In my case the parent account is the top-level folder "alfred".
>> When I right-click on this on my laptop and go to Manage Local
>> Subscriptions
>> I see "alfred" and "inbox" listed, but not "Spam".
>> If I right-click on "alfred" and go to Serverside Subscriptions
>> then "Spam" is listed (it is the only item).
>>
>> If I ssh to my server and run kmail there then I can see the Spam folder,
>> I can add to or remove emails from it,
>> and it is listed in Local Subscriptions.
> I wouldn't attribute any special significance to that. Running Kmail on
> the server is definitely not the way to manage IMAP folders, even if
> they're on the same machine. IMAP folders are handled by the server code
> (Dovecote in your case) and should normally only be manipulated through
> IMAP protocol commands.
Thanks as ever for your help.
I set up KMail on the server to go through dovecot on the server.
This seemed to work as expected.
Yes, that should work (assuming it's the same userid etc.)
>> I have tried creating other folders, both on the laptop and on the
>> server, and the outcome is always the same.
>> I've also tried re-installing KMail.
> Once again, if you're not doing this via IMAP commands to Dovecote, I have
> no idea what the effect might be.
Creating a KMail folder on the laptop
does have the effect of adding the name
to ~/Maildir/subscriptions on the server,
so I assume it is going through dovecot.
> The server's view of what it shows to
> clients as "folders" may not even be directly related to file system
> directories. It depends on how the server is implemented. If you're lucky,
> it will sort of work, but I wouldn't count on it unless you rèally
> understand Dovecote. Think of it as editing a database file without
> involving the database handler.
Well, I'll see if I can add a folder without involving KMail anywhere.
> When I ran Evolution on the laptop, it saw the Spam folder.
> On Evo you subscribe/unsubscribe to folders via a drop down menu under
> Folders. That shows you all the folders the server knows about. I don't
> know how this compares to Kmail.
I didn't have to subscribe to the folder;
it was already shown.
By every test I've tried, the folder seems to be properly set up
on the dovecot server.
It's just that I don't see it on my laptop with KMail.
I'm wondering now if KMail is not updating something.
Could it have cached an old idea of the dovecot setup?
All I can suggest is that you look at it with a different client, such as Tbird or Evo, and check if they'd can see the folders. If so, there's a problem with Kmail (or you've missed some configuration option). If they don't see the folders, the problem is at the server side, or your manual folder creation is missing something.
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