On Tue, 14 May 2013 13:56:15 +0100 Chris Walker cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 13:04:46 +0100 mick mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:56:27 +0100 mick mbm@rlogin.net allegedly wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:42:11 +0100 Chris Walker cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk allegedly wrote:
Can anybody help please?
It sounds like you have quotas set on your IMAP folders on the server and you are approaching the limit. More detail needed please. For example:
are the mail folders in TBird all IMAP (i.e. is the mail all stored on a server rather than locally)?
are you trying to import into IMAP folders (probably on the very same server) in Claws?
Actually, thinking about that reply it strikes me that you would not need to import IMAP mail into claws - just connect to the existing mail folders on the IMAP server and the mail will be there waiting.
Apologies for the stupid earlier reply.
No need to apologise :-)
The TBird mail is all on my machine here and that's where I want to store the Claws mail too. So am I doing something wrong then if Claws is giving me this message?
I can see the problem now. It's thrombosis of the keyboard - there's a clot on it!
If in doubt, RTFM! I have now created a mailbox structure in /home/chris/.claws-mail and from the File menu, I've created a new mailbox of type MH. I've pointed that at the folders I created and it's working. I can now move stuff off the server and into the local store. So it's already down to 73% full and it should soon be down to almost zero.
Only one problem and that's that Claws insists on creating a new inbox, drafts, trash etc and I don't want those in the MH mailbox. If I delete them, claws just recreates them. Is there any way I can remove them permanently? And yes, I have checked the manual, FAQ and online and so far I haven't discovered a way.