Re: [Evolution] vfolders slow to update unread message count

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb netspace net au>]

On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 09:04 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 09:29 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 17:22 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > > try putting 'scan all folders for new mail' in the imap folder options.
> >
> > I have "Check for new mail in all folders" selected already.
> >
> > > the imap protocol wont tell us when new mail arrives in another folder,
> > > only for the 'current' one (which may or may not be related to the last
> > > one visited in the ui), so we need to ask for it explictly, and its
> > > usually expensive.
> >
> > don't confuse the problem :) - I can see the new mail in evolution
> > folders because the unread count goes up, so evolution knows about it.
> > I think it's an evo problem because it doesn't update the vfolder.
>
> I wasn't confusing the problem, I was explainging why the imap protocol
> doesn't help this.  The unread count is disconnected from the folder
> itself too, which needs to be updated before the vfolder knows about it,
> the vfolder knows nothing about the folder list unread count and evenif
> it did it wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

So the imap protocol wont (necessarily) tell us when new mail arrives in
another folder.  But that shouldn't matter - because when the unread
count goes up evo now knows there is new mail in that folder, so why
doesn't evolution check that folder (just like it does when I select the
folder)?

My other point is that it used to work as one would expect with
evolution-2.0.4 - ie, as soon as the unread count went up, the vfolder
unread count went up too.

> > (PS. please reply just to the list, not to me as well :)
>
> Dont have time to pick the right address.

isn't it just "reply to list" instead of "reply to all"?

If you really don't have time, then I can put up with it.  It wasn't
directed just at you specifically, I notice a few people do it.

Thanks for your help.
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb netspace net au>