getfolder() asked for a nonexisting folder '.'.

Dave Abrahams dave at boostpro.com
Mon Apr 30 12:42:14 BST 2012


Help!  I just upgraded, and now this:

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$ offlineimap -dall  -1 -u basic
OfflineIMAP 6.5.2.1
  Licensed under the GNU GPL v2+ (v2 or any later version)
Debug mode: Forcing to singlethreaded.
Now debugging for imap: IMAP protocol debugging
Now debugging for maildir: Maildir repository debugging
Now debugging for thread: Threading debugging
Now debugging for : Other offlineimap related sync messages
[thread]: Register new thread 'Account sync BoostPro' (account 'BoostPro')
[maildir]: MaildirRepository initialized, sep is '.'
*** Processing account BoostPro
Calling hook: echo offlineimap presync
Hook stdout: offlineimap presync

Hook stderr:

Hook return code: 0
Establishing connection to imap.gmail.com:993
[imap]:   39:01.43 Account sync BoostPro imaplib2 version 2.29
[imap]:   39:01.43 Account sync BoostPro imaplib2 debug level 5, buffer level 3

<<<< SNIP >>>>

[]: Not syncing filtered remote folder 'z/tech'[BoostProRemote]
[maildir]:   skip this entry (not a directory)
[]: Not syncing filtered remote folder 'z/travel'[BoostProRemote]
[maildir]:   dirname = dovecot.index.log
[maildir]:   skip this entry (not a directory)
[maildir]:   dirname = dovecot.index.search
[maildir]:   skip this entry (not a directory)
[maildir]:   dirname = dovecot.index.search.uids
[maildir]:   skip this entry (not a directory)
[maildir]:   dirname = dovecot.mailbox.log
[maildir]:   skip this entry (not a directory)
[maildir]:   dirname = new
[maildir]:   skip this entry (Maildir special)
[maildir]:   dirname = subscriptions
[maildir]:   skip this entry (not a directory)
[maildir]:   dirname = tmp
[maildir]:   skip this entry (Maildir special)
[maildir]:   dirname = 
[maildir]:   This is maildir folder ''.
[maildir]: _GETFOLDERS_SCANDIR RETURNING ['.[Gmail].All Mail', '.[Gmail].Spam', '.PersonalGMail', '.Sent Messages', '.sent.2011-08', '.sent.2011-09', '.Trash', '']
ERROR: Aborting sync, folder '.' [acc: 'BoostPro']
  getfolder() asked for a nonexisting folder '.'.
['  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/offlineimap/accounts.py", line 365, in syncfolder\n    replace(remoterepos.getsep(), localrepos.getsep()))\n', '  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/offlineimap/repository/Maildir.py", line 132, in getfolder\n    OfflineImapError.ERROR.FOLDER)\n']
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Thanks,

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Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com






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