[sylpheed:36467] Re: rename mailbox

Siard shiems146 at kpnplanet.nl
Sat Jun 25 18:02:43 JST 2016


Anton Shepelev:
> Raphael Burquet:
> > why I can't rename mailbox ?
> 
> That  is  the centralized mail folder unique to each
> Sylpheed configuration (see the --configdir command-
> line  parameter), so there is no practical reason to
> rename it.  You can, however, change its location on
> the hard drive.

Hm, I once renamed my mailbox.
In ~./Sylpheed-2.0/folderlist.xml (don't know the location in Windows)
you'll also have to change its old name into its new name, near the
beginning, where it says:

<folderlist>
    <folder type="mh" name="Mail" path="/home/<user>/<name_of_mailbox>">


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