Re: [Evolution] Incorrect Unread Count for IMAP

[Parthasarathi Susarla <sparthasarathi novell com>]

Hey Mark,
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 09:50 -0500, L. Mark Stone wrote:
> I just switched to Gnome from KDE, so apologies if this is a newbie
> question everyone else knows; I did not readily find the answer in the
> archives.

Welcome :)
> The box runs SuSE 9.2 Pro, Gnome 2.6 and Evo 2.0.1 with all SuSE
> patches.  The box has no non-SuSE packages; nothing from the People,
> Projects or Supplementary trees. It's a stock box.
>
> Evo connects to an IMAP server that has about two hundred folders. It
> does not store the IMAP mail locally. An increasing number of folders
> have inaccurate "unread" counts; meaning Evo thinks there are unread
> messages in the folder when in fact there are no messages in the folder
> (I deleted them).
>
> The IMAP server also has SquirrelMail, which does show an accurate read
> count. So, I am thinking this is an Evo issue.
>
> How can I get Evo to do a "refresh" of all of the folders on the IMAP
> server, short of me deleting and then recreating the IMAP account in
> Evo?
You would have to enable Edit->Preferences->Receiving Options (Tab)
In the sections "Checking for New Mail", there is an option "Check for
new messages in all folders", should help you :)

HTH.

Cheers,
partha