Comments on: Thunderbird: IMAP Mailbox isn’t selectable http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2005/12/04/thunderbird-imap-mailbox-isnt-selectable/ Reflections on family life, software, politics and endurance sports. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2005/12/04/thunderbird-imap-mailbox-isnt-selectable/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Kevin Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:23:55 +0000 http://www.warmroom.com/wordpress/?p=148#comment-70 On my mail server, two files are created: .mailboxlist and .mlbxlsttmp. If you want to create a non-selectable mailbox in thunderbird, you have to append a trailing slash (subdirname/). In both of these hidden files, the selectable directories are missing the trailing slash. Adding it converts them to non-selectable and fixes the problem. Notes: Probably best to shutdown thunderbird first before making changes. I changed .mailboxlist first and nothing was fixed. Only after changing .mlbxlsttmp did my changes work. Thanks for pointing out the hidden files! On my mail server, two files are created: .mailboxlist and .mlbxlsttmp. If you want to create a non-selectable mailbox in thunderbird, you have to append a trailing slash (subdirname/). In both of these hidden files, the selectable directories are missing the trailing slash. Adding it converts them to non-selectable and fixes the problem.

Notes:

Probably best to shutdown thunderbird first before making changes.

I changed .mailboxlist first and nothing was fixed. Only after changing .mlbxlsttmp did my changes work.

Thanks for pointing out the hidden files!

]]> By: mufasa http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2005/12/04/thunderbird-imap-mailbox-isnt-selectable/comment-page-1/#comment-69 mufasa Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:41:51 +0000 http://www.warmroom.com/wordpress/?p=148#comment-69 awesome! thanks for this :) awesome! thanks for this :)

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