Re: [Evolution] imap subfolders

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj helixcode com>]

Yeah, that method may be faster and we may want to do that eventually.
Currently, though, the front-end is not very imap loving :-)
We'll be fixing this as we go... Hopefully by M3 IMAP will be integrated
more smoothly.


Jeff


>  Actually I was kidding you, but technically it was
> sarcasm. Yep it isn't your code, and I fixed it by
> going the full path thinggy a couple of days ago.
>
>  But this led me to: why the heck doesn't starmail of
> the very bloated StarOffice spend so much time on my
> imap even though I didn't give it any namespace? 
>
>  The answer is because it defaults to:
>
>  INBOX, Trash
>
>  and that's it. Now It shows me a list in an option
> window so that I could "subscribe" to folders. Exactly
> like Netscape news thing. But it somehow is faster
> since it doesn't try to download all the folders at
> once (like netscape and evolution do) but each when
> needed (when a dir is expanded in other words it will
> fetch it one level down and stop). I think in the end
> this approach is faster. 
>
>
>  Peace
>
>
>
> --- Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj helixcode com> wrote:
> > I don't appreciate the sarcasm especially since this
> > is not the fault of
> > my imap code, and you can easily fix this by hand
> > editing the
> > ~/evolution/config file and appending the correct
> > namespace to the
> > "source=" line
> >
> > eg, mine looks like:
> > source=imap://fejj trna helixcode com/mail
> >
> > We may even have this working in the mail-config
> > code by now, it seems
> > as 
> > though it was working last night but I have yet to
> > actually test it
> > myself.
> >
> > Hopefully that helps
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > >  It's actually working so well, I have to wait
> > forever
> > > for it to scan my 150Mb home directory  and all
> > gmc
> > > cache stuff;)
> > >
> > > --- Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj helixcode com> wrote:
> > > > I'm checking to see if the mailbox name is
> > "INBOX",
> > > > yes. This is because
> > > > that is the ONLY folder that doesn't ever have a
> > > > namespace. The rest of
> > > > the folders I need to prepend the namespace to
> > > > before selecting it. And
> > > > I have no idea what you're talking about when
> > you
> > > > say "I'm guessing here
> > > > that this is why none of the messages in other
> > > > folders are being seen."
> > > > If it's not working for you then please send me
> > > > debug output? This works
> > > > for me and everyone else who's tried IMAP in
> > > > Evolution recently.
> > > >
> > > > Get Mail has nothing to do with IMAP currently,
> > we
> > > > may at some point
> > > > make it so that clicking on Get Mail will reload
> > the
> > > > IMAP folder
> > > > summary, but it would be better if I could get
> > this
> > > > working
> > > > automatically when we get new mail on the
> > server.
> > > > This is one of the few
> > > > parts of IMAP that needs to be coded (other than
> > > > disconnected IMAP).
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Looking at camel-imap-folder.c, I see that you
> > > > always check that the
> > > > > folder name is "INBOX". I'm guessing here that
> > > > this is why none of the
> > > > > messages in other folders are being seen. You
> > do
> > > > this in init,
> > > > > get_message_count, and some other places. Are
> > you
> > > > sure that the folder
> > > > > name handling is correct for the else cases
> > there?
> > > > > Also, I was trying to find the code for the
> > "get
> > > > mail" button so I could
> > > > > track down why we're not getting imap mail.
> > Can
> > > > anyone point me in the
> > > > > right direction? I was looking in
> > e-shell-view.c
> > > > and it looks like it's
> > > > > the application bar? It that right? And
> > there's a
> > > > proc somewhere for
> > > > > it(?)...
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks
> > > > > michael
> > > > >
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> > > > > http://www.fiu.edu/~mcarde02
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