Hi Iain Using evolution is irrelivant, as i had issues on Thunderbird too. i cant check my home settings at the moment, but g thought the Virgin IMAP settings had 'imap4' in the server address, not just plain 'imap'. This might help?
Regards chris -- Sent from Nokia 8110 4G Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts wrote: > Not strictly a Linux problem but I have hit problems configuring > Evolution for IMAP with a Virgin Media mailbox. > Running Mint Mate 17.1 for some time and Evolution was working fine with > POP3 configuration. Tried to change to IMAP for multiple device use and > it is working fine with an iPad Mini. > > Deleted POP3 account details in Evolution and added IMAP option with all > the configuration details set out by Virgin; ports, authentication, > encryption etc. Now a 'send / receive' instruction produces a "scanning > folders in 'IMAP server imap.virginmedia.com'" message in a progress bar > but no further result even after 12hours. > > I cannot find any answers on the Web but that may be down to my poor > search criteria and any mention of Evolution send Virgin Media help desk > running for the hills. > > Any ideas or suggestions before I return to POP3? > > Iain > > -- > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro -- Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
