Re: [Evolution] Folder Synchronization Inconsistencies

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 08:18 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 07:20 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 20:21 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote:
> > > I've recently noticed that when I log in via webmail [horde] certain
> > > folders don't contain all my mail. These particular folders have some
> > > mail but not near the amount my local system does. Other folders are
> > > 100% sync'd with my local archive.
> > First, make sure Horde is showing the full contents of a folder (i.e.
> > it's not filtered in any way).
> > If that doesn't resolve it, the obvious answer is that you copied remote
> > mail to local folders and deleted it. Perhaps you have the "Copy folder
> > content locally" option set for some folders and not others, and somehow
> > the server-side deleted mail (or you deleted it, or an intruder deleted
> > it, or the server is flaky and "lost" it, e.g. in a crash).
> > I can't think of any other reason for this to happen.
>
> I use Horde IMP (webmail) and Evolution concurrently every day;  I've
> never seen a folder synchronization problem.  IMAP server is Cyrus IMAPd
> [aside: accept no substitutes - best IMAP server - period].

Ditto, though note that "concurrent access" is undefined in IMAP. You
have no guarantee of seeing a consistent folder image among multiple
concurrent clients.

poc