- I first rename the mailbox > rename mailbox {mb} {mbnew} - Then reconstruct it (what I could not do with a mailbox called "~") - Then I deleted the {mbnew} mailbox Regards, Many thanks to Eric for his try. On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Eric Luyten wrote: > On Mon, December 7, 2009 1:31 pm, Jean-Noel BOUVIER wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> >> One of my users has got a strange mailbox, the name of the mailbox is "~". >> >> >>> lm user/{user}/* >> user/{user}/~/Mail/Trash >> >> >> I can not delete this mailbox or any of the sub-mailboxes : >> >> >>> dm user/{user}/\~/Mail/Trash >> deletemailbox: System I/O error >> >> >> >> Does anyone know how to get rid of this mailbox ? > > > By surrounding the mailbox name with "double quote" characters ? > > > Eric. > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > > -- Jean-Noël BOUVIER | Administrateur Systèmes Laboratoire VERIMAG CNRS|INPG|UJF Centre Equation | 2 Avenue de Vignate 38610 GIERES tel. 04 56 52 03 59 | fax. 04 56 52 03 44 jean-noel.bouvier@xxxxxxx | http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~bouvier ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html