KMail expects IMAP folder "INBOX.A" to exist when "INBOX.A.B" exists

[Sybren Stüvel]

Binary package hint: kmail

I have several "archive" IMAP folders, called "INBOX.archive.2008", "INBOX.archive.2009", etc. There is no "INBOX.archive" folder. When KMail checks my mail, I get an error popup containing a server error "INBOX.archive does not exist or needs to be subscribed to". I would expect KMail to only query IMAP folders that exist. The server-side subscription dialog box correctly shows that the "archive" folder cannot be subscribed to. However, KMail still insists on accessing that folder when checking for new mail, or when I click on it.

I've attached a screenshot of the dialog box.

I'm using Kubuntu 9.10:

kmail:
  Installed: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 29 11:42:57 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kmail
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kmail 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: kdepim
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3619): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (firefox:3945): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!