IMAP mailbox not selectable in browser

Kevin J. McCarthy kevin at 8t8.us
Sun Oct 28 16:42:02 UTC 2018


On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 09:57:17AM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> I have two mailboxes named "foo" and "foo.bar" on an IMAP server. If I
> want to change into "foo", mutt only shows that entry as a directory.

To open a folder that also has children, use <space> instead of <enter>
in the browser.

> It
> can only be selected if the name is specified manually. Both mailboxes
> are apparently properly offered in claws. I wonder what makes mutt think
> "foo" is a folder.  Looking at the mutt -d 255 output:
> 
>  $  grep -C1 foo .muttdebug0
> [2018-10-28 09:41:36] 4< * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "unrelated"
> [2018-10-28 09:41:36] 4< * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "foo"

In this line, the IMAP server is telling mutt that foo has children.

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Kevin J. McCarthy
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