[Pkg-mutt-maintainers] Bug#757179: mutt: strange behavior for T (toggle subscribed) in IMAP browser

[Antonio Radici]

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On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 07:16:53PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.5.21-6.2+deb7u2
> Severity: normal
> 
> I entered the IMAP folder browser (with c-?) and hit T.  I expected this
> would simply hide all unsubscribed mailboxes from the list.  But that is
> not the only thing that happens.  Instead, the subscribed mailboxes now have a '/'
> appended to them as if they were directories with subfolders, and
> hitting Enter when any mailbox is selected, instead of entering the
> mailbox (ie. listing its messages), now leads to a new browser screen
> with only a ".." entry - as if mutt really tried to open a directory,
> instead of a mailbox.  This is really confusing because there is now no way
> to tell from the browser screen what is a mailbox and what is a
> directory, and what keystroke is necessary to open it :-(  Thus this
> pretty much ruins the utility of the T feature.
> 
> By the way, my IMAP server configuration may be relevant.  I run the
> dovecot version now in stable (2.1.7-7+deb7u1) with mbox mailboxes
> (not maildir!)
> 

Hi Ian,
is this still happening with the latest version of mutt (i.e.: mutt
1.8.3+neomutt20170609-1) ?