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

[tobi]

Am 28.12.2009 16:14, schrieb 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
>   
Hi Florian

I tested it with Dovecot 1.1.6 and Thunderbird 3. The STATUS command
seems to be returned correctly.

tobi