--- a/mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgFolder.idl
+++ b/mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgFolder.idl
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ interface nsIMsgThread;
 interface nsIArray;
 interface nsIMutableArray;
 interface nsIMsgPluggableStore;
 
 typedef long nsMsgBiffState;
 
 // enumerated type for determining if a message has been replied to, forwarded, etc.
 typedef long nsMsgDispositionState;
-[scriptable, uuid(9ce446f3-398c-4462-a4c6-0ce562d5bd29)]
+[scriptable, uuid(c72edf93-2a1f-42fa-868b-b19adaebf4ca)]
 interface nsIMsgFolder : nsISupports {
 
   const nsMsgBiffState nsMsgBiffState_NewMail = 0; // User has new mail waiting.
   const nsMsgBiffState nsMsgBiffState_NoMail =  1; // No new mail is waiting.
   const nsMsgBiffState nsMsgBiffState_Unknown = 2; // We dunno whether there is new mail.
 
   /// Returns an enumerator containing the messages within the current database.
   readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator messages;
@@ -280,26 +280,16 @@ interface nsIMsgFolder : nsISupports {
 
   /**
    * used to determine if it will take a long time to download all
    * the headers in this folder - so that we can do folder notifications
    * synchronously instead of asynchronously
    */
   readonly attribute boolean manyHeadersToDownload;
 
-  /**
-   * this should go into a news-specific interface
-   */
-  readonly attribute boolean knowsSearchNntpExtension;
-
-  /**
-   * this should go into a news-specific interface
-   */
-  readonly attribute boolean allowsPosting;
-
   readonly attribute ACString relativePathName;
 
   /**
    * size of this folder on disk (not including .msf file)
    * for imap, it's the sum of the size of the messages
    */
   attribute unsigned long sizeOnDisk;
 

--- a/mailnews/base/util/nsMsgDBFolder.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/base/util/nsMsgDBFolder.cpp
@@ -4406,30 +4406,16 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsMsgDBFolder::IsSpecialFo
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP nsMsgDBFolder::GetDeletable(bool *deletable)
 {
   NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(deletable);
   *deletable = false;
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP nsMsgDBFolder::GetKnowsSearchNntpExtension(bool *knowsExtension)
-{
-  NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(knowsExtension);
-  *knowsExtension = false;
-  return NS_OK;
-}
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP nsMsgDBFolder::GetAllowsPosting(bool *allowsPosting)
-{
-  NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(allowsPosting);
-  *allowsPosting = true;
-  return NS_OK;
-}
-
 NS_IMETHODIMP nsMsgDBFolder::GetDisplayRecipients(bool *displayRecipients)
 {
   nsresult rv;
   *displayRecipients = false;
   if (mFlags & nsMsgFolderFlags::SentMail && !(mFlags & nsMsgFolderFlags::Inbox))
     *displayRecipients = true;
   else if (mFlags & nsMsgFolderFlags::Queue)
     *displayRecipients = true;