287089 - subscription to non existing folder not automatically removed error "Mailbox doesn't exist"

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, defect)

Description

[Michael Nüsken]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041122 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041122 Firefox/1.0

The subscription to some folder FOO at an IMAP server gets not updated if the
folder is deleted (or renamed) by another mail client.

The deleted folder FOO also appears in the list displayed when changing
subscriptions for the entire server.  The update button there does neither drop
the non existing FOO from the list nor does it mark it somehow.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a folder FOO (and subscribe to it if not automatically done).
2. Delete FOO or rename FOO to GNU on another computer.
3. Restart Thunderbird.

Actual Results:  
The folder FOO still occurs in the folder list though it does not exist any more.

Expected Results:  
The folder FOO should disappear or a question about it (asking whether it was
renamed and what its new name is) should be raised.  [Clearly tb cannot know the
new name.]

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

that's right, it doesn't. And some users would scream if we did get rid of
subscribed folders that don't exist, because  they want to keep the subscription
but have the actual folder come and go...

If the other machine were to unsubscribe you, then we wouldn't show it to you,
right? Can you unsubscribe to the folder from Thunderbird, after it's been
deleted from the other machine?

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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Comment 4

[Nikolay Shopik]

I see this kind of problem in trunk version 3.0a2pre (2008060603).

I've subscribed to some public folder then I renamed this public folder and now I can't get rid of messages every time I start TB.
Current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Mailbox doesn't exist: NAME_OF_NON_EXISTING_FOLDER.

Comment 5

[Noèl Köthe]

I can confirm this problem with thunderbird 2.0.0.14 on Linux.

I delete a folder with evolution and then thunderbird still has it in the list of folders for subscription.
Its not displayed in the folder list.

Comment 6

[Noèl Köthe]

Attachment: Screenshot

The folder "deleted" was deleted on the cyrus server with cyradm.
Its not in the folder list of my email account but in the subscription windows.

It is not possible to get this ghost folder away with thunderbird.

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I'm not sure what to make of this, but in my case none of the folders I'm unable to delete are or ever were subscribed (wsm0 account)

Comment 8

[Noèl Köthe]

for me this is fixed with a newer cyrus imapd.
2.2.10 had the problem and 2.2.13 is fixed.

So maybe it is/was a cyrus problem for the other reported, too?

Comment 9

[Nikolay Shopik]

I'm on dovecot 1.0.15 and still experience these problems look for comment #4

Comment 10

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Nikolay is this still the case

Comment 11

[Nikolay Shopik]

Long time gone for me, maybe Wayne can share his experience with that problem too.

Comment 12

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

deferring my thinking/testing on this until after TB3 ships. Probably also would be good for others to be able to retest on a quality v3.

Comment 13

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Trusting Nikolay's WFM (comment 11)

anyone please comment if you disagree