Subject: Bug (?) Deleting Incoming Message Folders in Pine 3.91

From: [email-masked] (Donald Pirl)
Date: 19 Oct 94 13:30:08 GMT

I am unable to delete junk "Incoming Message Folders" from the Pine 3.91 
"List folders" screen.  The folder name will delete only for the current 
session, but is back if I exit Pine and return.  The unix file is gone 
however, so if I try to delete it the second time, I get the message that 
the folder does not exist.  However if I try to create a folder with that 
name Pine tells me that the folder can not be created because it _does_ 
already exist.  Talk about schizophrenic!  If I delete the folders in my 
.pinerc, this has no effect and the names are magically back in my .pinerc 
file after I again enter and exit Pine.

Is this a bug or is there a way out?

--Don

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 Donald Pirl                     [email-masked]               Sebastopol, CA
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From: Donald Pirl <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 20:43:14 -0700

I just want to keep this thread alive, because I'd really like an 
answer.  Thanks for any help.

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From: Brad <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 13:11:18 +0100

> file after I again enter and exit Pine.

	Make sure you're not running Pine anywhere while you're deleting
the folders from your .pinerc! 

	--Simon.

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From: Donald Pirl <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 10:44:01 -0700

> the folders from your .pinerc! 

I'm not.

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From: Donald Pirl <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 23:34:45 -0700

> > the folders from your .pinerc! 

I've found a work-around.  The problem only occured when the files had 
nicknames.  If I deleted the nicknames in my .pinerc and recreated the 
file by making one and copying it.  _Then_ I could delete it and it 
*stays* deleted.

So the problem seems to be with using incoming folder nicknames.

--Don