[Evolution] Bug#579793: Evolution 2.30 IMAP issues

[Ian Hubbard]

I am also having similar issues with IMAP in the recent upgrade of
Evolution in Squeeze.

I have several IMAP accounts connected to different servers. Two of
these servers work correctly (Courier and ISP's unknown server), but all
the accounts on the Dovecot server fail.

In addition to this, if Evolution is started in online mode, it appears
to hang indefinitely. It draws the screen without folder lists/messages
and when minimised and redrawn is blank even when left for 2 hours.

For the accounts that fail, the Inbox disappears and all mail in the
Inbox folder is deleted (subfolders appear intact). If you resubscribe,
it appears to work for that session, but sometimes requires
resubscribing during that same session!).

Interestingly, the subfolders for the accounts are still active and
working correctly (but unseen under Evolution) as Jean-Yves Lefort's
Mail Notification plugin reports new mail for those but lists the Inbox
folders as "Folder not found".

I have tried 2 accounts with IMAP+ on the Dovecot server and they appear
to (mostly) work, but I would really prefer to not have to redownload 1G
+ worth of email (kept on the server as I use several machines and
occasionally webmail). Is there some conversion util? I tried hacking
the gconf files unsuccessfully.



Ian.