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Bug 513690 - not possible to subscribe or to list folders before the INBOX
not possible to subscribe or to list folders before the INBOX
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.12.x (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-02-01 13:26 UTC by mail
Modified: 2014-07-01 16:35 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20


Description mail 2008-02-01 13:26:24 UTC 
Hi, if I use IMAP there are any problems.
It should be possible to subscribe or to list folders before the INBOX.
 That's not possible or visible in evolution:
+INBOX
      -subfolder1
      -subfolder2
+NOTVISIBLE_FOLDER
     -subfolder1
     -subfolder2




Distribution: Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy)
Gnome Release: 2.20.1 2007-10-19 (Ubuntu)
BugBuddy Version: 2.18.1
Comment 1 André Klapper 2008-02-01 16:37:37 UTC 
that's a namespace issue. iirc evolution does not support imap folders outside of INBOX. you might want to compile evolution on your own and enable the experimental "imap4" provider in evolution-data-server.
Comment 2 sam 2009-05-12 14:34:44 UTC 
I think this is a duplicate of #498475
Comment 3 Rafael Varela Pet 2010-03-11 20:33:36 UTC 
From /usr/share/doc/evolution-data-server/README.Debian:

In versions prior to 2.8, two different IMAP providers (backend modules) were installed. "IMAP" was considered more stable and "IMAP4rev1" had a few experimental features. Starting with version 2.8, IMAP4rev1 has been removed. All accounts with IMAP4rev1 set as server type for incoming email must be switched to IMAP.

Anyone has information on the status of the IMAP4 backend?
Comment 4 Matthew Barnes 2010-03-11 21:13:41 UTC 
It's dead.  We're working toward replacing the original IMAP provider with a new one that has IDLE support.  It will debut in Evolution 2.30, appearing as "IMAP+" in the account type selector.
Comment 5 André Klapper 2013-08-24 14:46:28 UTC 
Hi mail, 
if you have time, could you please check again whether this issue still happens in Evolution 3.8.5 (with the new IMAP+ backend) and update this report by adding a comment and changing the "Version" field and provide information about your distribution? Thanks a lot.
Comment 6 André Klapper 2014-07-01 16:35:47 UTC 
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for.
Thanks!