On Tue, 2013-07-02 at 09:15 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > When right-clicking on a folder and selecting properties the new pop-up > > window tells me for many accounts that they contain say X messages, non > > of them unread. Still no mails displayed in the message list. For some > > folders I'm told that there should be over 200 messages in them, but > > still only a tiny fraction of them or not a single one is to be seen. I > > checked via webmail whether the number of mails Evolution tells me there > > should be is correct, and most of the time there are actually more > > messages in the folders than I'm told. As I do not have any empty mail > > folders on any account, seeing a folder with no message always makes me > > very suspicious. > > The only way you are going to sort out what's happening is to get some > debugging information. Have you run Evolution from the command line? > Do you get any suspicious activity? Have a look at > > https://projects.gnome.org/evolution/bugs.shtml > > and get a debug log using CAMEL_DEBUG=all - this will give you all the > IMAP chatter and you should be able to see what's going on. If you > can't see any problems, then post a link to a sanitized copy of the logs > here and someone else will have a look to see if there are any obvious > problems. >
I will try that after applying Milan's recommendations. > The bottom line is that IMAP support in Evolution is usually rock solid. > I suspect it's some oddity with the server - you've never said what > server you are using? Has anything changed with that recently? > By server you mean which mail provider? Wel it concerns all IMAP-accounts: - Gmail (2 accounts) - Yahoo Mail (1 account) - mail server of the local LUG (1 account) - GMX Mail (1 account) - Zoho Mail (2 accounts) Evolution has never downloaded all messges, I have been using it for about 2 months. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
