Folder could not be created

Manolo Martínez manolo at austrohungaro.com
Wed Nov 23 09:29:36 GMT 2011


Thomas Weißschuh <thomas_weissschuh <at> lavabit.com> writes:

> 
> Since upgrading to 6.4.0 (also applies to git:51164c4) offlineimap always
> terminates with messages like following:
> (note the trailing "." on folder1)
> 
>  Creating new IMAP folder '<folder1>.' on server <Account1>
>  ERROR: Creating folder <folder2>/<subfolder21> on repository Local
>  Folder '<folder1>.'<account> could not be created. Server responded:
>    ('NO', ['CREATE Failed. The folder name provided already exists.'])
>  ERROR: Folder '<folder1>.'[<account>] could not be created. Server responded: 
>    ('NO', ['CREATE Failed. The folder name provided already exists.'])
> 
> I am using "/" as local maildir separator.
> 
> It seems that the code after:
>    (./offlineimap/repository/Base.py  line 172 in git:51164c4)
>    # Find new folders on dst_repo.
>    for dst_name, dst_folder in dst_hash.iteritems():
> 
> should do the separator replacement before the "if"-clause and check
> against this.

Hello, I am also seeing this bug. After updating to 6.4.0.1,
offlineimap has stopped working, with the 
kind of messages I've pased herein. I've been forced to downgrade.

Thanks!
Manolo

ERROR: Exceptions occurred during the run!
ERROR: Creating folder Archives on repository BLAH
Folder BLEH could not be created.
Server responded: ('NO', ['Mailbox already exists'])





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