Thunderbird doesn't show folders on a new Dovecot install

Question

I set up a new mailserver with postfix and Dovecot some days ago, everything is working except for Thunderbird not showing any folders.

Evolution shows me all folders.

I migrated from a Courier install using imapsync.

In the filesystem the folders don't have a INBOX in their name, so the tho folders ar called .Folder 1 not .INBOX.Folder 1.

This is the output of dovecot -n:

# 1.0.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Warning: mail_extra_groups setting was often used insecurely so it is now deprecated, use mail_access_groups or mail_privileged_group instead
base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/
log_timestamp: “%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ”
protocols: imap pop3
listen(default): *:143
listen(imap): *:143
listen(pop3): *:110
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
first_valid_uid: 1001
last_valid_uid: 1001
mail_extra_groups: vmail
mail_access_groups: vmail
mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
pop3_uidl_format(default): 
pop3_uidl_format(imap): 
pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv
auth default:
  user: nobody
  passdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
  userdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
  socket:
    type: listen
    client:
      path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
      mode: 432
      user: postfix
      group: postfix
    master:
      path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
      mode: 432
      user: vmail
      group: vmail

Thanks!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '10 at 22:33

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I don't know why but Thunderbird hadn't subscribed to the folders. I did so and everything works now.

answered May 08 '10 at 22:33

Zoran Zaric

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '18 at 01:34

Check your namespace definition. You almost certainly do not have the autosubscribe option set, or else you added it later after Thunderbird had already probed the server.

Make sure you have the auto=subscribe option set on the relevant folders:

namespace inbox { separator = / inbox = yes mailbox "*" { } mailbox "Drafts" { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox "Sent" { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Spam" { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk autoexpunge = 30d } mailbox "Trash" { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } }

Then, completely remove the definition from Thunderbird, and recreate it. Thunderbird will re-probe the IMAP, and will autosubscribe to the folders.

Thunderbird doesn't show folders on a new Dovecot install

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