[Users] [Bug 3431] New: MH folders not being created when IMAP account is added first to a new installation

[edward at coolsite.net]

On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 00:47:10 +0200
Michael Schwendt <bugreporter at abwesend.de> wrote:

> The reason I pointed at this mailing-list is that very often it is
> more productive to analyze a problem with the help of the users on
> this list _prior_ to deciding whether/where to open a bug report.
> 
> As I cannot reproduce the issue with GNOME Shell, and since several
> basic trouble-shooting questions are still unanswered, meanwhile I've
> downloaded and tried the Fedora MATE Live Spin, booted from an USB
> stick.
> 
> I cannot reproduce the issue with MATE either.
> 
> So, more questions about reproducibility:
> 
> 1) Can you reduce your test-case to 1 IMAP account + 1 POP3 account?
> Or does it need to be 3 IMAP accounts?
> 
> 2) Is the problem reproducible for you when running another desktop
> environment? Such as a simple window manager like "Window Maker" or
> "Openbox"? With MATE it should be possible to install package
> "WindowMaker" then log out, log into a Window Maker session and try
> to reproduce the problem there.
> 
> 3) Could you think of anything special with regard to your IMAP
> accounts? Is the problem reproducible if you add a dummy IMAP
> account? That is enter only missing server names 'localhost' and a
> user/password that need not exist.
 
> Here the MH folders appear immediately.

I renamed the .claws-mail directory and started Claws with a brand new
profile. Added one IMAP account, the folders appeared immediately.
Then added one POP3 account, the Mailbox MH tree also appeared
immediately and underneath the IMAP folders in the window. 

Given this, it's working as it should.

There is nothing special regarding the IMAP accounts, they're standard.

Bad profile, perhaps?