Re: [Evolution] Slow IMAP folder scanning

[Dan Winship <danw helixcode com>]

> I've got a rather large collection of mail built up on my IMAP server.
> Whenever I start evolution, it seems to check _every_ folder I have
> subscribed to to count how many read/unread messages there are.  For
> my mail, this takes a really long time, several minutes.

Yeah, I'm working on IMAP performance problems right now.

> I was thinking of something similar to what Netscape/Mozilla does,
> only counting the read/unread messages when you actually click on the
> folder.

Oh, and that's reasonable? Do you do server-side filtering at all? It
seems to be that if you did, that having to check each folder would
get annoying quickly...

-- Dan