I've experienced the phenomenon described in the initial bug report.
Ubuntu 12.04
$ apt-cache policy evolution
evolution:
Installed: 3.2.3-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 3.2.3-0ubuntu6
Version table:
*** 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 0
500 http://mirror.umd.edu/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
The IMAP server involved is dovecot running on a Ubuntu 12.04 server.
The version of dovecot is 2.0.19-0ubuntu2.
My account was set to use IMAP+ so IMAP+ is not in and of itself a
solution to the problem.
I believe that what happens is that some changes on the server can cause
evolution to get into a bad state. In my case, I renamed some folders
directly in the dovecot filesystem store. I may have carelessly left
evolution connected while I did this. At any rate, at some point
evolution stopped listing my subfolders. If I went into the preferences
for this account and clicked "Apply", even without changing anything,
this would trigger something which made evolution detect the subfolders
and list them. However, exiting evolution and starting it again would
bring the problem back: I'd get my Inbox but nothing else until I
triggered again the discovery of the subfolders by going into the
preferences.
I eventually switched my account from IMAP+ to IMAP... and the problem
disappeared. Why? I don't know. I switched back to IMAP+ and the problem
did not come back.
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643446
Title:
Evolution does not show subfolders of IMAP account
Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Binary package hint: evolution
In Maverick Meerkat beta, evolution does not show the subfolders of an IMAP
mail account.
Even a newly created subfolder will not show up.
However, I can see the subfolders in
~/.evolution/mail/imap/<account>/folders/INBOX/subfolders.
When this happens loggin out or even rebooting does not solve the problem.
I was able to workaround it by disabling and enabling the account again.
I attach one screenshoot with the problem and one where it is working
fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: evolution 2.30.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 20 13:16:53 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100910)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SourcePackage: evolution
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/643446/+subscriptions
--
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
