Re: Problems after moving home to a new disk.

Sam Varshavchik <[email protected]> Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:40:04 -0500
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lists--- via courier-users writes:

> Hi all. Happy New Year.
>
> I ran courier many years and never had a problem like this.
>
> I had to move to a new disk. The mount point is the same, so directorie=
s =20
> match. Maildir under ~user as before. I used rsync to move data. Also r=
sync =20
> never let me down and keeps owners and permissions perfectly. All manua=
l =20
> checks on permissions tell me it is the same.
>
> But now the client (thunderbird) can only read and manipulate the inbox=
. New =20
> mail comes in ok.
> All other folders can be seen in the structure, but changing into yield=
s:
>
> "The current operation on "Foldername" did not succeed. The mail server =
for =20
> account "xxxxx" responded: Unable to open this mailbox."
>
> In the logs I can only see successful logins, no error.
>
> In the directories all folders seem to be like they were. Directories "=
drwx" =20
> and owned by user:group etc.
>
> I am at loss. Any advice?

Is the folder prefix set correctly? Last time I checked Thunderbird can't =20
figure it out by itself and must be explicitly told to do that.

Right-click your email account in the left pane and select Settings.

Go to Server Settings > Advanced=E2=80=A6.

In the IMAP server directory field, type INBOX. (include the period).


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