Hello Could my previously reported error above have something to do with the IMAP path prefix? It's not configured on either of the previously mentioned servers.
I see a similar error, which may be related, when trying to sync using offlineimap.py: Folder INBOX [acc: test_account]: ERROR: ERROR in syncfolder for test_account folder INBOX Thanks Dale On 5 August 2015 at 16:59, Dale Gallagher <dale.gallag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > I have 2.2.18 built with: > > ./configure \ > --prefix="$prefix" \ > --bindir="$prefix/bin" \ > --sbindir="$prefix/bin" \ > --sysconfdir="/etc" \ > --with-storages="maildir,imapc,pop3c" \ > --without-vpopmail \ > --without-ldap > > I'm attempting to sync (backup) from another Dovecot server running > version 2.0.21: > > Both servers don't have no explicit namespaces configured and both are > using the Maildir storage plugin. > > doveadm -Dv -o imapc_user=remote_user -o imapc_host=source.host -o > imapc_port=993 -o imapc_ssl=imaps -o imapc_password=remote_pass -o > imapc_features="rfc822.size fetch-headers" backup -R -u local_user imapc: > > All seems to go well, showing local and remote mailbox syncing without > errors, then finally: > > dsync(mcg): Debug: brain M: Deleting mailbox 'INBOX' (GUID > 59023c2a911dc255842b0000d09efc50): UIDVALIDITY changed (1355416734 -> > 1438784913) > dsync(mcg): Error: Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed: INBOX can't > be deleted. > > No mail is synced to the local server (2.2.18) after this error halts > execution. > > What should I be looking for, in terms of possible causes of this error? > > I've tried syncing on a completely fresh mailbox, which hasn't been > accessed by a mail client and the same error occurs. > > I've seen similar reports of this error before, without clear solutions / > suggestions. > > Help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > > >