175514 - IMAP mail server folders no longer recognized

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[u51419]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020721
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910

My IMAP mail server folders (INBOX.sent-mail) are no longer recognized. Here are
my settings:
Edit-->Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings-->Server Settings:
Server Type: IMAP Mail Server
Server Name: [correctly set]
User Name:   [correctly set]
Port:        143
-->ADVANCED TAB:
IMAP server directory: INBOX/
Show only subscribed folders (NO)
Server supports foldres that contain sub-folders and messages (YES)
Maximum number of server connections to cache: 5
Personal namespace: "INBOX."  <--punctuation exactly as shown
Public (shared): "shared."    <--punctuation exactly as shown
Other Users: (BLANK)
Allow server to override these namespaces (UES)

Edit-->Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings-->Outgoing Server:
Server Name: smtp.mail.wideopenwest.com
Port: 25
Use (SHOULDN'T THIS BE "USER"?) name and password: [correctly set]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
See above.

Actual Results:  
Clicking on sent-mail folder results in Alert dialog: "The current command did
not succeed. The mail server responded: Invalid mailbox."

Expected Results:  
It ain't invalid; worked find under 1.1a and 1.1b.

Comment 1

[u51419]

Same result when clicking on other folders other than Inbox. (Note: all folders
are subfolders of Inbox.)

Comment 2

[u51419]

Still broken for reporter under Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US;
rv:1.2b) Gecko/2002101612. Cannot access or use any IMAP mailbox other han
inbox. Automatic emptying of trash on exit returns an invalid IMAP command error.

Comment 3

[u51419]

Attachment: IMAP server settings for 1.2b.

Here are the required IMAP server settings for 1.2b (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U;
Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/2002101612.). Do not name any specific
folders, all works well under 1.2b.

Comment 4

[u51419]

For each new release of Mozilla, it may be necessary to tweak one's IMAP server
setting to specify - or not - the IMAP folders. What was required for one
release may interfere on another release.