diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
index 7573201df374..6b851f5652ba 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
@@ -2899,7 +2899,9 @@ nsImapMailFolder::CreateDirectoryForFolder(nsFileSpec &path) //** dup
 		if(NS_FAILED(rv))
 			return rv;
 
-		nsFileSpec tempPath((const nsFileSpec &) path, PR_TRUE);	// create incoming directories.
+//		nsFileSpec tempPath((const nsFileSpec &) path, PR_TRUE);	// create incoming directories.
+//   need bienvenu to fix this for real - the intent of this line is a mystery to sfraser and I
+
 		//If that doesn't exist, then we have to create this directory
 		if(!path.IsDirectory())
 		{