On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Brian Hayden <bhayden@umn.edu> wrote:
You need to:
- Remove your subscriptions file.
This I did. Now I can no longer see from the client side any of my IMAP folders.
- Set your client to ignore subscriptions and view all folders.
I logged into my webmail and in the main mailbox view all my IMAP folders except for Inbox and the default ones were missing. I then opened up the folders settings option and 'subscribed' to all the folders I didn't see in my main mailbox view. Once I enabled 'subscription' via webmail, I could then see all my folders again. Is this wrong? You stated the opposite should be done. I would think if they were not selected for subscription, I would see them but it appears to be the other way around. How can I see my messages on my email client with out the 'subscriptions' file in my Maildir? I am assuming this questions' answer varies depending on what client we're talking about, no?
- Then, and only then, settle on a server configuration (including any namespaces you may choose to use), and then re-subscribe to folders in your client (if you are going to insist on using subscriptions).
It's impossible to get your server configuration correct if you're judging the user-visible side by a client using legacy subscriptions, particularly if the subscriptions file is in an unreliable state (as it sounds like yours is--as most of them almost always are).
I just can't see how to get any IMAP client to read IMAP folders w/o that 'subscriptions' file. It appears that it looks for it or is in some way dependent on this file. Am I wrong?