[Users] Special Folders

[Greg Kurz]

On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 11:00:36 +0100
Greg Kurz <groug at kaod.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My mail hosting provider OVH (MS exchange) doesn't allow to choose the name
> and location of special folders, namely Sent, Drafts, Queue and Trash. So
> I've customized claws to use the ones provided by OVH instead of the default
> ones, through the Advanced tab of my account configuration.
> 
> It kinda works, the emails indeed go to the expected folders but:
> 
> - the folders don't have the dedicated icons, they just appear as
>   regular folders
> 
> - the default folders are still there and I can't remove them
>   "Delete folder..." is greyed out
> 
> - messages in the _new_ draft folder can't be edited
>   "Re-edit" is greyed out
> 
> Note that the _new_ trash folder has "Empty trash..." and the _new_ queue
> folder has "Send queue...", and both seem to be functional.
> 
> Is this a known issue ? Am I doing something wrong ?
> 

Bah, as usual, I found the solution just after posting :)

The folder type needs to be changed in properties.

Sorry for the noise,

Cheers,

--
Greg