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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [Bug 90566] New: removing folders on remote IMAP server without
From:       Matej Cepl <cepl () surfbest ! net>
Date:       2004-09-30 19:33:13
Message-ID: 20040930213309.90566.cepl () surfbest ! net
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           Summary: removing folders on remote IMAP server without warning
           Product: kmail
           Version: 1.6.2
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kmail-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: cepl surfbest net


Version:           1.6.2 (using KDE 3.2.3,  (testing/unstable))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040422)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.18-686

After wild using different email IMAP clients (Mozilla Thunderbird, Pine, Apple \
Mail.app, mutt) on my university IMAP account (the reason was that my computer went \
south and I had to work in different computer labs), I have got somehow screwed up \
folders on the remote server (which claims to be "iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch \
2 (built Jul 14 2004)" it is some kind of gateway to the university Lotus Notes based \
system (the webmail for the same system is on http://myneu.neu.edu), so there were \
some folders which cannot be removed by any client (IMAP or webmail).

So very kind mail server administrator agreed to recover my system, which meant that \
all messages were somehow stored somewhere else, everything on the server was zapped \
and messages recovered.

Comes KMail and Disconnected IMAP. I have tried to sync the account in the moment I \
thought recovery was already done, but unfortunately in that moment there was only \
one (empty) Draft folder (not even INBOX). So I checked the content of the server via \
webmail next day and everything looked dandy. Therefore I fired KMail and synced \
again (it was morning and I was working whole night so my reactions were not the \
best). I understood what was going only when KMail reported that it cannot remove \
folder INBOX from the remote server. All messages were zapped both in the local cache \
and on the remote server.

Fortunately, the good guy at the university had backups so he was able to recover my \
messsages (I hope, I haven't tested it yet), but shouldn't KMail when removing ANY \
remote folder (or doing something so serious as that) at least ask whether I am \
serious about it?

Thanks,

Matej
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