David Favor spake the following on 6/12/2007 7:12 PM: > Wade Smart wrote: >> Im looking on the dovecot documentation about how to update the folder >> structure. >> I had some computer problems so I back up my mail and when I >> reinstalled I got rid of a bunch of unused old mail. But now when I >> open my mail client it still things all of those folders are still >> there. Im looking for how to update the file on what is and isnt >> there. >> >> wade > > This depends on your mail client also. > > Thunderbird, for example, keeps garbage around after folders are deleted > which must be manually removed. Else, when Thunderbird starts up, phantom > folders appear and disappear. > There is a plugin for thunderbird that will purge this stuff. I think it is called thunderplunger. It will remove the orphaned and phantom stuff.
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