532345 - Unable to use INBOX.Trash as trash folder (de version of Tb puts Posteingang/Papierkorb in trash_folder_name)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 480393

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Fridtjof Busse]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; de; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091109 Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Firefox/3.5.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); de; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091130 Thunderbird/3.0

It seems to not be possible to use a trash folder as a subfolder of the inbox (INBOX.Trash).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a subfolder "Trash" in your IMAP inbox
2. Set your trash folder to that newly created folder
3. Restart thunderbird
Actual Results:  
There is a second "Posteingang" (german for Inbox) with a subfolder Trash created

Expected Results:  
Use this folder for Trash or at least throw an error that this configuration is not working.

Comment 1

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Could you please attach IMAP log for you problem.
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging

Comment 2

[Fridtjof Busse]

Attachment: Setting up INBOX.Papierkorb for trash

Comment 3

[Fridtjof Busse]

Attachment: Logging in after the changes, having a second "ghost" INBOX

Comment 4

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

>  4 lsub "" "*"
> * LSUB () "." "Mailinglisten"
> * LSUB () "." "INBOX"
> * LSUB () "." "Spam"
> * LSUB () "." "Trash"
> * LSUB () "." "Mailinglisten.Bugtraq"
> * LSUB () "." "Mailinglisten.Calvin"
> * LSUB () "." "Mailinglisten.Argyll"
> * LSUB () "." "INBOX.Drafts"
> * LSUB () "." "INBOX.Sent"
> * LSUB () "." "INBOX.Papierkorb"
> 4 OK Lsub completed.

> 1. Create a subfolder "Trash" in your IMAP inbox

No Trash under Inbox. Papierkorb(real folder name, not translation of Trash by Tb) under Inbox instead.

> 2. Set your trash folder to that newly created folder

How did you set it? Select the Inbox.Papierkorb via UI? Set via config editor? Or put it in prefs.js manually?

> 6 list "" "Posteingang/Papierkorb"
> 6 OK List completed.
> 7 create "Posteingang.Papierkorb"
> 7 OK Create completed.
> 8 subscribe "Posteingang.Papierkorb"
> 8 OK Subscribe completed.

Probably combination of two known issues.
(i)  Localized name is set in trash folder name setting by localized Tb.
     mail.server.serverN.trash_folder_name = Posteingang/Papierkorb
(ii) If IMAP path delimiter is ".", "/" in trash_folder_name is directly used
     for list command.
Check mail.server.serverN.trash_folder_name setting.

What real IMAP folder name do you really want to use as trash folder?
  Inbox.Trash
  Inbox.Papierkorb
  Posteingang.Trash
  Posteingang.Papierkorb
To avoid your confusion by localized name, check with en-US build, and delete unwanted folders.

Workaround:
Put one of next in user.js.
> user_pref("mail.server.serverN.trash_folder_name", "Inbox/Trash");
> user_pref("mail.server.serverN.trash_folder_name", "Inbox/Papierkorb");
> user_pref("mail.server.serverN.trash_folder_name", "Posteingang/Trash");
> user_pref("mail.server.serverN.trash_folder_name", "Posteingang/Papierkorb");
If you altered it at UI for IMAP delete model of "Move to trash", restart Tb.

Comment 5

[Fridtjof Busse]

> No Trash under Inbox. Papierkorb(real folder name, not translation of Trash by
> Tb) under Inbox instead.

Yes, because Thunderbird did not let me create Trash. I don't know why.
When I reported the problem, I still had INBOX.Trash created by a different MUA.
Nonetheless, the same problem happens.

> How did you set it? Select the Inbox.Papierkorb via UI? Set via config editor?
> Or put it in prefs.js manually?

Via the UI.

> What real IMAP folder name do you really want to use as trash folder?
>   Inbox.Trash

Yes.
But Thunderbird localizes Inbox to "Posteingang" and Trash to "Papierkorb", I guess that is the reason for the second "ghost-inbox" named "Posteingang.Papierkorb".

Comment 6

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

(In reply to comment #5)
> But Thunderbird localizes Inbox to "Posteingang" and Trash to "Papierkorb",
> I guess that is the reason for the second "ghost-inbox" named "Posteingang.Papierkorb".

You are right.
Bug 480393 occurs if localized Tb is used and the localization has localized trash name.
And, problem of "list Posteingang/Papierkorb" also happens in your case, because your server uses "." as folder hierarchy delimiter. It's already known issue.