diff --git a/ingo/lib/Basic/Spam.php b/ingo/lib/Basic/Spam.php
index 09d7c486251..c213318dabf 100644
--- a/ingo/lib/Basic/Spam.php
+++ b/ingo/lib/Basic/Spam.php
@@ -132,7 +132,12 @@ class Horde_Form_Type_ingo_folders extends Horde_Form_Type {
 
     function isValid(&$var, &$vars, $value, &$message)
     {
-        return true;
+        if (strlen($value)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $message = _("A target folder is required.");
+        return false;
     }
 
     function getFolder()
diff --git a/ingo/lib/Form/Spam.php b/ingo/lib/Form/Spam.php
index d6ba0fbb119..05d8f6d876a 100644
--- a/ingo/lib/Form/Spam.php
+++ b/ingo/lib/Form/Spam.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public function __construct($vars, $title = '', $name = null)
         $v = $this->addVariable(_("Spam Level:"), 'level', 'int', true, false, _("Messages with a likely spam score greater than or equal to this number will be treated as spam."));
         $v->setHelp('spam-level');
 
-        $this->folder_var = $this->addVariable(_("Folder to receive spam:"), 'folder', 'ingo_folders', false);
+        $this->folder_var = $this->addVariable(_("Folder to receive spam:"), 'folder', 'ingo_folders', true);
         $this->folder_var->setHelp('spam-folder');
         $this->addHidden('', 'actionID', 'text', false);
         $this->addHidden('', 'folder_new', 'text', false);
diff --git a/ingo/templates/flist/select.html.php b/ingo/templates/flist/select.html.php
index 09c52106921..b0d6b5347d6 100644
--- a/ingo/templates/flist/select.html.php
+++ b/ingo/templates/flist/select.html.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
-    $o = $this->optionTag(null, _("Select target folder:")) .
+    $o = $this->optionTag('', _("Select target folder:")) .
          $this->optionTag(null, '- - - - - - - - - -', false, array('disabled' => true));
 
     if ($this->create) {
-        $o .= $this->optionTag(null, _("Create new folder"), false, array('class' => 'flistCreate')) .
+        $o .= $this->optionTag('', _("Create new folder"), false, array('class' => 'flistCreate')) .
               $this->optionTag(null, '- - - - - - - - - -', false, array('disabled' => true));
     }