[Users] Undeletable Auto-generated folders for IMAP accounts [generated via the wizard]

[Paul]

On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 05:43:52 +0100 (CET)
Luloi Liliane <laboulette at lavache.com> wrote: 

> hello, I use claws-mail to access my university account on IMAP on
> windows [the portable edition on portableapps.com]; however, the
> wizard automatically creates generic folders like "Sent", "Draft",
> "Queue" and "Trash" some of which do not match the pre-existing
> default folders set up by the university. Typically, the
> university's folder for sent emails is called "Sent items" and thus
> I wind up with two sent folders. In claws, it is impossible to
> delete the autocreated "Sent" folder but can delete the university
> "Sent items" folder In my university webmail, it is precisely the
> opposite; I can delete "sent" but cannot touch the default folder
> "Sent items" The same goes for the trash folders; they have
> different names. I know I can put my sent emails in a different
> folder than the one created by claws but I wish to keep my
> university original folders and not see the ones created by
> claws-mail; how do I do that ?   regards

I didn't know there was a portableapps.com version, (and more
importantly, supposing there are modifications, I cannot find the
modified source code anywhere.)

What you need to do is open the folder properties for each of these
folders and change the folder type. For example, change the Folder
Type of 'Sent items' to 'Outbox', then you can delete 'Sent' and
'Sent items' will be the sent mail folder. (I think this is in the
FAQ somewhere???)

with regards

Paul


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