GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 714106
Support choosing IMAP Archive/Junk/Sent/Spam/Trash special folders
Last modified: 2020-09-06 03:45:03 UTC
---- Reported by geary-maint@gnome.bugs 2012-11-10 17:34:00 -0800 ---- Original Redmine bug id: 6066 Original URL: http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/6066 Searchable id: yorba-bug-6066 Original author: Ryan Walklin Original description: Possibly root cause of # 6064? Related issues: related to geary - Feature #6070: Support SPECIAL-USE extension (Open) related to geary - 6064: Geary does not save sent mail to Sent folder (Duplicate) related to geary - 7250: Local drafts folder (Open) related to geary - Feature #7492: Support Archive special folder (Open) ---- Additional Comments From geary-maint@gnome.bugs 2013-06-12 16:25:00 -0700 ---- ### History #### #1 Updated by Jim Nelson about 1 year ago This is not the root problem with #6064, but it's an interesting idea. Are there any other email clients out there that do this? I would prefer if this was something handled on the server, with it reporting each folder via its XLIST attribute. #### #2 Updated by Ryan Walklin about 1 year ago Thunderbird, Apple Mail and Sparrow Mail (Mac client) all have options to specify which folders are used. A quick google suggests that XLIST is supported in Dovecot 2.1 by proxying to the IMAP LIST command - http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot- cvs/2012-March/020206.html #### #3 Updated by Ryan Walklin about 1 year ago Regarding my other bug about saving sent mail in a Sent Items, apologies, I'm so used to it being the default in other clients I didn't realise it was an option. #### #4 Updated by Jim Nelson about 1 year ago * **Category** changed from _client_ to _engine_ * **Priority** changed from _Normal_ to _High_ * **Target version** set to _0.3.0_ #### #5 Updated by Jim Nelson about 1 year ago * **Tracker** changed from _Bug_ to _Feature_ #### #6 Updated by Jim Nelson 10 months ago * **Target version** changed from _0.3.0_ to _0.4.0_ #### #7 Updated by Jim Nelson 6 months ago * **Category** changed from _engine_ to _server-support_ * **Target version** changed from _0.4.0_ to _0.5.0_ #### #8 Updated by Jim Nelson 5 months ago Reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/geary/+bug/1190249 --- Bug imported by chaz@yorba.org 2013-11-21 20:24 UTC --- This bug was previously known as _bug_ 6066 at http://redmine.yorba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6066 Unknown milestone "unknown in product geary. Setting to default milestone for this product, "---". Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one. Resolution set on an open status. Dropping resolution
The spam folder is not supported on my setup (dovecot server + geary 0.5.1). This also means that the shortcuts Ctrl+J and ! don't work. On the server the spam folder is configured as special folder, but Geary sees it as a regular label. Sent, drafts and trash are seen correctly and work fine.
(In reply to comment #1) > On the server the spam folder is configured as special folder, but Geary sees > it as a regular label. Sent, drafts and trash are seen correctly and work fine. Do you know what flag the server is sending to identify it as the Spam folder? Geary recognizes \Spam and \Junk (from XLIST and SPECIAL-USE respectively). Also, what's the name and path of your Spam folder?
I've upgraded to version 0.5.2 and the spam folder is recognized as special folder. The spam shortcuts work fine (except when I'm in a search list, but this is bug #721989 and #713049).
Hello, (In reply to comment #0) > #2 > > Updated by Ryan Walklin about 1 year ago > > Thunderbird, Apple Mail and Sparrow Mail (Mac client) all have options to > specify which folders are used. Sylpheed, Claws Mail, Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail and Outlook Express also have settings to let you specify those folders. So, please add it to Geary as well. Regards
(In reply to comment #4) > Hello, > > (In reply to comment #0) > > #2 > > > > Updated by Ryan Walklin about 1 year ago > > > > Thunderbird, Apple Mail and Sparrow Mail (Mac client) all have options to > > specify which folders are used. > > Sylpheed, Claws Mail, Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail and Outlook > Express also have settings to let you specify those folders. So does Evolution. And K-9 mail on Android. I use IMAP to access my employer's Exchange mail server. From time to time I have to use the server's web interface, which insists on putting sent mail in a folder called "Sent items", and deleted mail in "Deleted items". I have all my mail clients configured to use these folders so things don't get messed up.
My server doesn't support XLIST and I'm not sure if it does support SPECIAL-USE. I have problems with the Sent and Junk folders, my server names them "Sent Messages" and "Junkmail" so I always see them under Labels and not where they should be. It's been more than a year since this bug has been reported, has any advance or workarounds been done? I'm still using Geary 0.8.3, would this be solve for 0.10?
This won't be making it into 0.10. This is the kind of bug that most certainly would be good for the community to take on. I recommend trying to get people excited about it, and considering posting a bounty to generate interest.
This is covered by https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/-/issues/322, closing in favour of that.