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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Keith,<br><br>I haven't used Win 7 yet.<br>But don't they call it the "Recycle Bin"?<br><br>You might try <br>Start > Run > "cmd"<br>Then navigate to the recycle bin. It's a hidden system folder.<br>The attrib command used to be useful in identifying open files.<br>> attrib *.*<br>When they are open, the system won't normally delete/modify them.<br><br>But that was how Win XP worked, so I dunno.<br>Looks like a "Thuder-Bird" Windows issue to me.<br>I doubt if server access would help.<br><br>(-: Chas.M. :-)<br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: bmike1@gmail.com<br>Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:23:32 -0700<br>Subject: Re: OT: Thuderbird on Win7 - cannot remove folders from trash<br>To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br><br>I don't consider thqt off topic as Thunderbird is open source.<br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:36 AM, keith smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:klsmith2020@yahoo.com" target="_blank">klsmith2020@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font:inherit;" valign="top"><br>Hi,<br><br>This is OT.<br><br>I am running Thunderbird on win7. I am running the current version. I've looked for an answer and I find lots of people asking about the problem, however there seems to be no solution.<br>
<br>I moved aat number of folders into the trash folder and now I cannot get them out. <br><br>The account is configured as IMAP.<br><br>I've tried right clicking on the folder and clicking delete on the menu and I have tried emptying the trash folder. <br>
<br>Error message: The current command did not succeed... invalid command".<br><br>The only work around I found on line was to use web mail or another client to remove the folder(s) in question.<br><br>I do not have web mail nor do I have another client. I tried using my phone, however it does not remove folders just mail.<br>
<br>I do have shell access to the
server if that helps. Postfix and Dovecot.<br><br>Any idea are much appreciated. <br><br>Thanks!!<br><br>Keith<br><br><br><br>------------------------<br>
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