Problems with dots in subboxes

[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 23-01-12 22:40, Bron Gondwana schreef:
> 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?

Before there was no Android Phone and Apple Mail. And Thunderbird was
updated (to a 3.1 version). I did not change Cyrus.

> I'm surprised it ever worked!

Me too,

With regards,
Paul.





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