[Dovecot] checking all folders for new mail (IMAP STATUS command)

[Florian Effenberger]

Hi Tobias,

> This might be help you...
> **quote**
> If Thunderbird doesn't recognize that a folder contains unread messages try
> setting mail.imap.use_status_for_biff true. It causes Thunderbird to
> explicitly select each folder to update the message summaries, rather than
> using the STATUS command. It has more overhead, but some IMAP servers don't
> return STATUS correctly.
> **quote**

thanks, that's exactly what I am refering to. ;-) This paragraph talks
about "some IMAP servers don't return STATUS correctly", and I'm
interested to hear if this is true for recent Dovecot versions and
whether a patch or a configuration directive is available to fix it...
:)

Florian