Problems with dots in subboxes

[Bron Gondwana]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012, at 08:16 PM, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> A user has a very complex IMAP box with many subboxes. He used subboxes
> with names with dots and spaces in it and I use a dot as IMAP
> seperation. But he did not have any problems, he said...
> 
> But now there is a big problem. His box "overig e.d." has been renamed
> to "overig e" and in it is now a box "d", and in that it's empty, all
> messages are gone...
> 
> Does somebody have an idea what can have happened?
> 
> He is using Thunderbird a long time, but now he has Apple Mail and an
> Android Phone too, to access the mailbox.

Have you changed versions or configurations in that time?

I'm surprised it ever worked!

Bron.
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