[Users] imap_item_get_path: assertion 'folder_path != NULL' failed

[Olaf]

Hello Paul,

thanks for the explanation.

Unfortunately I can't update a folder because claws-mail won't open. I only see that error message when I try to open claws-mail in the terminal.

For the sake of completeness: I discovered an error in my first mail:
I didn't copy ~/.claws-mail but included it via fstab/cifs. The folder
is on my NAS, I only ever integrate it via cifs.

Greeting,
Olaf


On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 08:59:41 -0000
Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:59:09 +0200
> Olaf <olafs6 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > (claws-mail:338439): Claws-Mail-CRITICAL **: 23:01:43.898:
> > imap_item_get_path: assertion 'folder_path != NULL' failed
> > Speicherzugriffsfehler (Speicherabzug geschrieben)
> >
> > In a test with Bodhi-Linux as the new system, claws-mail worked
> > perfectly after copying.
> >
> > I did find a post from 2017 on the above error, but I don't
> > understand what to do:
> >
> > https://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2017-August/019977.html
> >
> > with the reference to
> >
> > https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3855
> >
> > Apparently I need to change something in a file (which I can't
> > find)? Shouldn't the bug from 2017 have been fixed in the sources
> > by now?
>
> There are some wrong assumptions here.
>
> That "error" message is actually just a warning, not an error. It
> says that an expected folder is not present. This is not a recurrence
> of bug 3855, which was indeed fixed in 2017. You are not getting the
> segfault that was reported in that bug report, quite the opposite:
> you say that everything is working "perfectly".
>
> It seems that, since your copy, the folder structure in your local
> cache is differing from the folder structure on the IMAP server.
> Right-click the top-level mailbox folder, then click "Rebuild folder
> tree" and/or "Check for new folders". This will make your local cache
> match the structure on the server.
>
> with regards
>
> Paul
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