[Users] Yahoo IMAP folder issues in Claws Mail?

[N. W.]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:40:18 +0100
Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:31:50 +0100
> "N. W." <nw9165-3201 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
> > when using the following settings:
> > 
> > https://help.yahoo.com/kb/imap-server-settings-sln4075.html
> > 
> > in Claws Mail, Claws Mail does show two inbox folders, two draft
> > folders (well, one Draft folder [without the "s" at the end] and
> > one Drafts folder [with the "s" at the end]).
> > 
> > And so on...
> > 
> > It does not seem to set up the folders correctly. The folder
> > structure seems to be pretty messed up by default.
> > 
> > Is there any setting that could fix this?
> 
> A list of settings doesn't explain what you are seeing, and I don't
> have a yahoo account so I can only guess at your problem.
> 
> A mailbox in Claws, for example, can have only one Drafts folder. The
> Drafts folder has a special icon.
> 
> Probably what you want to do is use the folder properties to set the
> 'Folder type' that you require.
> 
> with regards
> 
> Paul
> 
> 

Hello,

> Paul wrote:
>
> I don't have a yahoo account so I can only guess at your problem.

Maybe another Claws Mail developer does have an account?

> Paul wrote:
>
> A list of settings doesn't explain what you are seeing, [...] so I
> can only guess at your problem.

Okay, I took a more detailed look at this.

There is one "Draft" (without "s" at the end) folder on the server,
which can not be deleted, Claws Mail says "Error - Can't remove the
folder 'Draft'" when you want to delete it.

Therefore this seems to be the "true" drafts folder (I guess). The
Yahoo web interface also seems to suggest that (drafts are being put
into "Draft").

However, Claws Mail creates an additional "Drafts" (with "s" at the
end) folder on it's own by default and makes that the drafts folder
type .

Making "Draft" the drafts folder type and then deleting "Drafts" does
work. But it would be nice if Claws Mail would not create an additional
"Drafts" folder but instead would use "Draft" as the srafts folder
type. There's also a bigger issue:

As already mentioned, there are two inbox folders present. One is
called "INBOX" (all capital letters) and is made the inbox folder type
by default. The other one is called "Inbox" (first letter capital).

But none of those can be deleted. Claws Mail always says "Error - Can't
remove the folder 'INBOX'" and "Error - Can't remove the folder
'Inbox'" when trying to delete one of them.

In addition to that, both "INBOX" and "Inbox" do both have the same
contents. They are basically identical. But, as already mentioned, you
can't delete one of them.

Is that a bug in Claws Mail or at least something that could be fixed
in Claws Mail specifically for Yahoo IMAP accounts?

PS: By the way, there is only one inbox in the Yahoo web interface.

Regards