Bug 597589 – All labels lost when mail archived by IMAP server

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Bug 597589 - All labels lost when mail archived by IMAP server


Summary:	All labels lost when mail archived by IMAP server


Status:	RESOLVED NOTGNOME

Product:	evolution
Classification:	Applications
Component:	Mailer
Version:	2.28.x (obsolete)
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	evolution-mail-maintainers
QA Contact:	Evolution QA team

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Reported:	2009-10-06 18:40 UTC by Marcus Dillavou
Modified:	2014-02-18 13:41 UTC

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Description Marcus Dillavou 2009-10-06 18:40:07 UTC

I have evolution connecting to an imap server.  Every night the imap server will automatically "archive" old messages by moving them into an archive folder.  When the messages are "archived" all my labels are lost.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Add labels to an email
2. Move the email to a different folder on the server (outside of evolution)
3. Labels on message in the new folder are lost

Comment 1 André Klapper 2012-02-12 16:02:55 UTC

Potential duplicates:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597589
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580072
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274316

Comment 2 Milan Crha 2014-02-18 13:41:01 UTC

It seems like the server doesn't support user flags, which results in a loss, because these are stored on the client side only. If that's not the case, then bug #580072 applies.