[Bug 61715] kmail: search tries to access nonexisting mailboxes

[Jukka Suomela]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kmail

The following Kmail bug that occurred in Debian also occurs in Kubuntu:

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384863

For reference, I copy the original bug report here.

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On my IMAP account, I have folders "INBOX.foo.bar" and "INBOX.foo.baz"
but I do not have a folder "INBOX.foo".

Mostly, kmail handles this properly. The folder browser tree shows
INBOX/foo in gray (while, e.g., INBOX/foo/bar is blue). The "subscribe"
option does not show any checkbox next to INBOX/foo. And so on.

However, the search function does not seem to handle this ok. Every time
I perform a recursive search ("INBOX" and all its subfolders), I get the
following error message:

"Error while searching.
    
Unable to open folder INBOX.foo. The server replied: Mailbox does not exist, or must be subscribed to."

** Affects: kdepim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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kmail: search tries to access nonexisting mailboxes
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61715