diff --git a/web/src/lib/__tests__/filenode.test.ts b/web/src/lib/__tests__/filenode.test.ts
index c350d5e..c932c94 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/__tests__/filenode.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/__tests__/filenode.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { client } from "@/jmap/client";
-import { directoryCreate, fileCreate, fileNodeProps, supportsNodeType, withNodeType } from "../filenode";
+import { directoryCreate, fileCreate, fileNodeProps, supportsNodeType, normalizeFileNodes } from "../filenode";
 import type { FileNode, JmapSession } from "@/jmap/types";
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe("on Stalwart 0.16 and newer", () => {
   it("leaves what the server reported alone", () => {
     client.session = session(NEW_SERVER);
     const nodes = [{ id: "1", name: "x", nodeType: "directory" }] as Partial<FileNode>[];
-    expect(withNodeType(nodes)).toEqual(nodes);
+    expect(normalizeFileNodes(nodes)).toEqual(nodes);
   });
 });
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe("on Stalwart before 0.16", () => {
 
   it("works out nodeType from the file properties, so folders stay folders", () => {
     client.session = session(OLD_SERVER);
-    const out = withNodeType([
+    const out = normalizeFileNodes([
       { id: "1", name: "Documents", blobId: null, size: null, type: null },
       { id: "2", name: "notes.txt", blobId: "b1", size: 11, type: "text/plain" },
       { id: "3", name: "empty.txt", blobId: "b2", size: 0, type: null },
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe("on Stalwart before 0.16", () => {
 
   it("does not overwrite a nodeType that did come back", () => {
     client.session = session(OLD_SERVER);
-    const out = withNodeType([{ id: "1", name: "x", nodeType: "symlink", blobId: "b1" }] as Partial<FileNode>[]);
+    const out = normalizeFileNodes([{ id: "1", name: "x", nodeType: "symlink", blobId: "b1" }] as Partial<FileNode>[]);
     expect(out[0]!.nodeType).toBe("symlink");
   });
 });
@@ -81,3 +81,39 @@ it("assumes the older shape when there is no session yet", () => {
   client.session = null;
   expect(supportsNodeType()).toBe(false);
 });
+
+/**
+ * Rights were split up in 0.16. Before that a node carried mayRead / mayWrite /
+ * mayShare, with mayWrite covering everything the newer release names
+ * separately — so Rename and Delete sat permanently greyed out, doing nothing
+ * and saying nothing.
+ */
+describe("rights on a pre-0.16 server", () => {
+  const oldRights = (mayWrite: boolean) => ({ mayRead: true, mayWrite, mayShare: false });
+
+  it("widens mayWrite into the rights the UI gates on", () => {
+    client.session = session(OLD_SERVER);
+    const [node] = normalizeFileNodes([{ id: "1", name: "x", myRights: oldRights(true) }] as unknown as Partial<FileNode>[]);
+    expect(node!.myRights).toMatchObject({ mayRead: true, mayAddChildren: true, mayRename: true, mayDelete: true, mayModifyContent: true, mayShare: false });
+  });
+
+  it("does not hand out rights the server withheld", () => {
+    client.session = session(OLD_SERVER);
+    const [node] = normalizeFileNodes([{ id: "1", name: "x", myRights: oldRights(false) }] as unknown as Partial<FileNode>[]);
+    expect(node!.myRights).toMatchObject({ mayRename: false, mayDelete: false, mayModifyContent: false });
+  });
+
+  it("leaves rights that already use the newer names untouched", () => {
+    client.session = session(OLD_SERVER);
+    const newer = { mayRead: true, mayAddChildren: true, mayRename: true, mayDelete: false, mayModifyContent: true, mayShare: true };
+    const [node] = normalizeFileNodes([{ id: "1", name: "x", myRights: newer }] as unknown as Partial<FileNode>[]);
+    expect(node!.myRights).toEqual(newer);
+  });
+
+  it("copes with a node that reported no rights at all", () => {
+    client.session = session(OLD_SERVER);
+    const [node] = normalizeFileNodes([{ id: "1", name: "x" }] as Partial<FileNode>[]);
+    expect(node!.myRights).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(node!.nodeType).toBe("directory");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/lib/filenode.ts b/web/src/lib/filenode.ts
index 39e38b6..a4270a3 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/filenode.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/filenode.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,30 @@ export function fileCreate(parentId: Id | null, name: string, blobId: Id, type:
 }
 
 /**
- * Fill in `nodeType` where the server does not report it, so everything
- * downstream — icons, sorting, "is this a folder" — can rely on it.
+ * Fill in what an older server does not report, so everything downstream —
+ * icons, sorting, "may I delete this" — can read the 0.16 shape.
+ *
+ * Rights were split up in 0.16. Before that a node carried `mayRead`,
+ * `mayWrite` and `mayShare`, with the one `mayWrite` covering everything the
+ * newer release names separately. Without translating it, the Rename and
+ * Delete menu items sit permanently greyed out: no error, just nothing.
  */
-export function withNodeType<T extends Partial<FileNode>>(nodes: T[]): T[] {
+export function normalizeFileNodes<T extends Partial<FileNode>>(nodes: T[]): T[] {
   if (supportsNodeType()) return nodes;
-  return nodes.map((n) => (n.nodeType ? n : { ...n, nodeType: isFile(n) ? "file" : "directory" }));
+  return nodes.map((n) => ({
+    ...n,
+    nodeType: n.nodeType ?? (isFile(n) ? "file" : "directory"),
+    myRights: widenRights(n.myRights),
+  }));
+}
+
+type Rights = FileNode["myRights"];
+
+function widenRights(rights: Rights | undefined): Rights | undefined {
+  if (!rights) return rights;
+  const r = rights as Rights & { mayWrite?: boolean };
+  if (r.mayDelete !== undefined || r.mayWrite === undefined) return rights; // already the newer shape
+  return { ...r, mayAddChildren: r.mayWrite, mayRename: r.mayWrite, mayDelete: r.mayWrite, mayModifyContent: r.mayWrite };
 }
 
 function isFile(n: Partial<FileNode>): boolean {
diff --git a/web/src/lib/signatureImages.ts b/web/src/lib/signatureImages.ts
index 9f73fe2..52d4d8c 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/signatureImages.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/signatureImages.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 import { CAP, client, setErrorMessage } from "@/jmap/client";
 import type { FileNode, GetResponse, QueryResponse, SetResponse } from "@/jmap/types";
-import { directoryCreate, fileCreate, supportsNodeType, withNodeType } from "@/lib/filenode";
+import { directoryCreate, fileCreate, supportsNodeType, normalizeFileNodes } from "@/lib/filenode";
 import { useSession } from "@/store/session";
 import { toast } from "@/ui/toast";
 
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ async function ensureFolder(accountId: string): Promise<string> {
       ["FileNode/query", { accountId, filter: { isTopLevel: true, nodeType: "directory", name: FOLDER }, limit: 5 }, "q"],
       ["FileNode/get", { accountId, "#ids": { resultOf: "q", name: "FileNode/query", path: "/ids" }, properties: folderProps() }, "g"],
     ]);
-    list = withNodeType((res.get("g")?.[0] as unknown as GetResponse<FileNode>).list);
+    list = normalizeFileNodes((res.get("g")?.[0] as unknown as GetResponse<FileNode>).list);
   } catch {
     // Older servers: no filter support — scan everything.
     const res = await client.chain([
       ["FileNode/query", { accountId, limit: 1000 }, "q"],
       ["FileNode/get", { accountId, "#ids": { resultOf: "q", name: "FileNode/query", path: "/ids" }, properties: folderProps() }, "g"],
     ]);
-    list = withNodeType((res.get("g")?.[0] as unknown as GetResponse<FileNode>).list);
+    list = normalizeFileNodes((res.get("g")?.[0] as unknown as GetResponse<FileNode>).list);
   }
   const existing = list.find((n) => n.name === FOLDER && n.nodeType === "directory" && !n.parentId);
   if (existing) return existing.id;
diff --git a/web/src/store/files.ts b/web/src/store/files.ts
index 21ba126..df6821d 100644
--- a/web/src/store/files.ts
+++ b/web/src/store/files.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { create } from "zustand";
 import { CAP, JmapMethodError, client, setErrorMessage } from "@/jmap/client";
-import { directoryCreate, fileCreate, fileNodeProps, withNodeType } from "@/lib/filenode";
+import { directoryCreate, fileCreate, fileNodeProps, normalizeFileNodes } from "@/lib/filenode";
 import type { FileNode, GetResponse, Id, QueryResponse, SetResponse } from "@/jmap/types";
 import { useSession } from "./session";
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function loadAllNodes(accountId: Id, set: (fn: (s: FilesState) => Partial<
     ]);
     const q = res.get("q")?.[0] as unknown as QueryResponse;
     const g = res.get("g")?.[0] as unknown as GetResponse<FileNode>;
-    all.push(...withNodeType(g.list));
+    all.push(...normalizeFileNodes(g.list));
     position += q.ids.length;
     if (!q.ids.length || (q.total != null && position >= q.total)) break;
   }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export const useFiles = create<FilesState>((set, get) => ({
       const g = res.get("g")?.[0] as unknown as GetResponse<FileNode>;
       set((s) => {
         const nodes = { ...s.nodes };
-        for (const n of withNodeType(g.list)) nodes[n.id] = n;
+        for (const n of normalizeFileNodes(g.list)) nodes[n.id] = n;
         return { nodes, children: { ...s.children, [parentId ?? "root"]: q.ids }, loading: false, error: null };
       });
     } catch (err) {