On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 13:35, Jeff Allison wrote:
> I've got a problem with evolution my IMAP folders...

Jeff's got you on the right track, of course, but I would suggest also
that you have a look at the evolution mailing list archives. This sort
of question comes up (sadly) quite regularly.

http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/

The "sadly" comment is there because the IMAP code in evolution is
*REALLY* weak. This isn't just a matter of my opinion - it's a loud and
constant complaint from evolution users. And Ximian knows this. I've had
long talks with Ettore (and even Nat Friedman) about it, they know it
needs fixing, but for some reason it never quite makes it onto the radar
to get fixed in a given milestone release - the UI work they've been
focused on continues to take priority.

Nat told me they're serious about finally addressing this problem either
in 2.0 or shortly thereafter. We'll see.

In the mean time, if you get really frustrated I would recommend using
something like offlineimap which groks IMAP really well and mirrors your
server's mailstore to a local tree of maildirs. I written a few emails
to the evolution list about this if you're interested:

http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-March/028106.html
http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-November/033842.html

[I did a google on 'IMAP Andrew Cowie site:lists.ximian.com' to find
these; similar searches but with your problem might work for you]

Best of luck,

AfC

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