From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07D91138247 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6DC1BE0AB7; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:37:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f43.google.com (mail-wg0-f43.google.com [74.125.82.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37EAFE0AA4 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id k14so7513449wgh.34 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:37:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y+XF5Jt12KKbKWh4KJIbhpAz9YnwroVARF8cptQmRRg=; b=qQ3VRQ2bx7dc9POhh69NeBptylMRWFMp52E2xTH9lgQd46O9r02l0gBldZ+hKVAjKz BBn/Ythl3fwT6mzb/9vn+XW5d2C+7uhgGx+4Uf3hX73jR/SmpZhkedfuuk4TGQ0/4bYA bz9I5iH8Rv29fZ2POXe1sksw2VUoDaE2q+mwf8DtOem1OAvNgBYbnu4omSn4EcVq8NAu WnJS1xNcpQaoHC5+AVgjGQmZ9shaV0eFW3rybn/IKv5dkiJ5QmnSlqDHC6b+p8v5u6a8 dZbhP/JSmUc50lcvr0hjW9fbY++L0PlMA1bcCB8vSSjn8Q5+6mA6KF8Bd1SqkbKzG27x i/qA== X-Received: by 10.180.91.11 with SMTP id ca11mr30962763wib.39.1388097434645; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:37:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-210-127-194.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.127.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ly8sm3943252wjb.17.2013.12.26.14.37.13 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:37:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52BCAF89.4080804@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:36:57 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird folder structure on Imap servers inconsistent References: <1695745.rdPd8bMsTH@zeus> In-Reply-To: <1695745.rdPd8bMsTH@zeus> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ee14c3ae-1e43-4ace-9a06-486eb5cb3a05 X-Archives-Hash: 3db10cec542047a9ea547e6d2aecdbd8 On 26/12/2013 21:14, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying out some mail clients with Imap support, and when using thunderbird > (v24.2, latest version in stable gentoo tree) I encountered several problems > regarding imap server consistency: > > Folders which I already deleted still appear (marked in itallic grey color in > TB's folder list) > > Some folders appear multiple times (e.g. I have a folders like > > Mailinglists > + Gentoo > + users > > where all the mail from this forum goes to. This is consistent with the > filesystem on my Imap server (dovecot). But, additionally, the 'Gentoo' > subfolder appears in top level again (with all its other subfolders as well), > and the 'users' folder appears again in top level a third time. Furthermore, > when I select an unread mail in 'Mailinglists/Gentoo/users', the counter of > unread mail decreases in the top level copy. > > Does anyone have similar experiences? I also run into those kinds of things with TBird; and there's no right-click option to "resync" things. However, it always comes right if I just leave it alone. So here's my theory: TBird is designed to operate async in the background. A amil server can pump mails into imap folders faster than any client can keep up, so I believe the TBird devs don't even try. Instead, the just let TBird get on with syncing one thing at a time until it's all done. And then the universe returns to normal :-) I can't explain what we see when TBird works, all I can tell you is that if I leave it alone, it always just works out fine (where "leave it alone" is on the order of about an hour or so for my gmail account that goes back 8 years, and that exchange-thingy the IT dept at work still believe has something to do with email...) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com