nextcloud / nextcloud/mail

Subfolders shouldn't be taken into account for special roles

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Description

How to reproduce

Add new email account that has a subfolder called "inbox" and or "drafts". E.g.

    - INBOX
    - Drafts
    - ...
    - MyProject
      - Inbox
      - Accounting
      - 2020
      - Drafts
    - Other Folder
Expected behavior

The top-level mailboxes "INBOX" and "Drafts" are getting a dedicated icon and are moved to the top. Other folders, especially the subfolders "MyProject/Inbox" and "MyProject/Drafts" are treated and displayed as normal folders where they are.

Actual behavior

Subfolders "MyProject/Inbox" and "MyProject/Drafts" are treated as special role mailboxes and show up as an additional inbox (or drafts folder resp.) with the special icon etc on the top level (see screenshot).

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Warning: Careful when testing code changes. The special role is assigned when adding the account to Nextcloud and will not be refreshed when reloading.

Mail app

Mail app version: 1.8.0 - master (c63a38f99ca2d1e061c2a3bcbe05552098d93b01)

Mailserver or service: Host Europe, I think it's Dovecot IMAP

Server configuration

PHP version: 7.4

Nextcloud Version: 20.0.5 - master (a308c9be90ba174154727c4239cd968707d4c7e8)

Client configuration

Browser: Firefox 84

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First steps

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Research direction

Start by tracing special-role assignment during account creation and how mailbox paths are classified for display. Reproduce the account setup with nested Inbox and Drafts folders, then verify that only top-level role mailboxes receive special icons and placement while subfolders remain ordinary folders.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, php
Domain
backend, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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