Bug 3760

Summary: Can't change folder type more than once
Product: Claws Mail (GTK 2) Reporter: Tristan Miller <psychonaut>
Component: FoldersAssignee: users
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.14.1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   

Description Tristan Miller 2017-01-16 00:30:48 UTC 
Once a folder type has been changed to "Outbox" (and maybe also to other types – I didn't check) there doesn't seem to be any way of changing it, or any of its children, back again.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Right-click on a regular IMAP folder that has child folders.
2. Select "Properties…".
3. Select "Outbox" from the "Folder type" drop-down list.
4. Press "OK".  The folder and its children change type, as evidenced by the folder icons.
5. Right-click on the same folder, or any of its children.
6. Select "Properties…".
7. The "Folder type" drop-down box is now inactive.  It is not possible to select a new value.
Comment 1 Michael Schwendt 2017-01-16 01:38:54 UTC 
> 7. The "Folder type" drop-down box is now inactive.
> It is not possible to select a new value.

That is because you need to make another folder the new "Outbox" first.
Comment 2 Paul 2017-01-16 09:45:58 UTC 
The MUST be an Outbox. You can set another folder as Outbox, but you can't change the only Outbox.
Comment 3 Tristan Miller 2017-01-19 21:06:36 UTC 
I see.  So when archiving my sent messages to another folder, is there no way to make that folder display the "To" column instead of the "From" column, other than by making it a child of my outbox?
Comment 4 Paul 2017-01-24 17:59:11 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> I see.  So when archiving my sent messages to another folder, is there no
> way to make that folder display the "To" column instead of the "From"
> column, other than by making it a child of my outbox?

/View/Set displayed columns/In message list...

Also see the information about the 'enable_swap_from' preference in Hidden Preference page of the manual: http://www.claws-mail.org/manual/claws-mail-manual.html#adv_hidden
Comment 5 Tristan Miller 2017-01-24 18:10:00 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > I see.  So when archiving my sent messages to another folder, is there no
> > way to make that folder display the "To" column instead of the "From"
> > column, other than by making it a child of my outbox?
> 
> /View/Set displayed columns/In message list...

This seems to be a global setting, not per-folder.