Re: [SM-PLUGINS] Creating folders: some are "dead" unusable and undeletable

[Tuttle G. <tut...@ho...>]

>From: Jon Angliss 
>Reply-To: jo...@ne... 
>To: "Tuttle Grey" 
>CC: squ...@li... 
>Subject: Re: [SM-PLUGINS] Creating folders: some are "dead" unusable and undeletable 
>Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 02:07:47 -0500 

I have more info. We use UWIMAP, as you guessed. So, in SM Options |
Administration I have now changed the server type to UW-IMAP.

>If this _is_ UW-IMAP, it doesn't support folders that can contain both 
>mail and sub folders. When you go to create a folder, put the folder 
>delimiter on the end, in this case it's a / so in your example: 
> 
> My Folder/ 

It doesn't work. With the /  I get:

 ERROR: Illegal folder name. Please select a different name. 

If I try creating a folder without the /, but this time I check the box
"Let this folder contain subfolders" and create, the new folder name
appears in the Folder List, but it is dead. It is not a link, it cannot
be opened, mail cannot be moved to it, and no subfolders can be created
under it as its name does not appear in the drop-down list for Create a
Folder, Rename a Folder, or Delete a Folder. The only way to get them
out of the Folder List is to Unsubscribe them. 
 
In Options | Admininstration should I leave "Show 'Contain Sub.' Option"
set to Yes? 

In those Admin Options I also have "Enable /NoSelect folder fix" set to
yes. Should that be "yes"? What does it do?


>Try upgrading to the latest CVS version of 1.4, and see if the problem 
>persists, some changes were made recently to fix behaviour relating to 
>folders. 

Two questions on that: 
a. is there anything to worry about in using that in a production
environment? I had installed the SM 1.4.0 stable release a couple of
weeks ago because I'm a conservative newbie. I wouldn't want a newer
non-stable release to cause other things to break.
b. If it is safe, then where can I get the latest CVS version of 1.4? I
read http://squirrelmail.org/download.php, but I don't understand the
stuff under CVS. I don't use SSH. Is there a URL for download? I also
use WS_FTP if I know access details.

Jon, thanks so much for your help. As a server newbie, I am just trying
to learn this stuff. I think SM is a great resource and I'm learning.

Thanks a lot!!!