Re: [Evolution] evolution won't show email

["brad haack" <bradhaack fastmail us>]

Misery loves company :)
A couple of other interesting bits: the mail that I have filtered gets
downloaded to my local folder and is readable,  I can't drag an email
from Junk to Inbox.


On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:20 -0500, "Eric Morey" <eric glodime com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 15:35 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 07:16 -0700, brad haack wrote:
> > > Evolution just got flaky on me.  Actually I can't tell if it's evolution
> > > or my email service, fastmail.  I use fastmail & an IMAP setup.  It's
> > > been working fine, then last nite it won't show any of the emails in the
> > > IMAP inbox.  It shows that there are 19 unread emails in the inbox.  I
> > > can read the emails in my subfolders, like Junk & Trash.  No, I don't
> > > have a filter set up.  
> > > Any ideas on how to debug this?
>
> I stared experiencing the exact same behavior, suddenly after
> approximately 4 pm (EST) yesterday. In the folder list frame, the Inbox
> folder is bold and the there indicates a number of new messages.
> However, when the inbox folder is selected, the messages list frame is
> completely empty. All sub-folders of the inbox are working properly.
> After un-subscribing and then re-subscribing to my inbox and sub folders
> then restarting evolution, everything was working as expected fro about
> 20 minutes until my inbox messages became inaccessible again. I also use
> fastmail.fm as my email host. I'm using evolution 2.22.3.1.
>
> Accessing my gmail account via evolution works without issue. 
>
> > http://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ#I_cannot_see_some_emails.2C_but_they_must_be_there.
>
> > From the link above:
>
> > You use filters on incoming (or outgoing) messages that move your
> > messages automatically to another destination.
>
> While this is true, I don't filter all messages out of my inbox folder.
> This was not an issue before 4 pn (EST) yesterday and the re-subscribing
> did fix the issue temporarily. I'm going to make a determination that
> this is not the problem.
>
>  
> > Check your search view in the search bar right above the message list.
> > Perhaps the "Show" dropdown list is set to any filter like "Read
> > Messages", or the text input filed contains some value.
>
> I double checked, intentionally altered and reset the values in the
> "show" dropdown and search bar to no effect.
>
> >  
> > If you cannot see any emails at all in a folder, check if you haven't
> > maximized the message preview (so the message list pane is hidden).
> > Try to click "View | Preview | Show Message Preview". 
>
> I removed the message preview frame when inbox is selected in the folder
> list frame to no effect on the issue.
>
> > Just to be sure: Click "Edit | Show Hidden Messages". 
>
> Fair enough. I'm now sure that the messages are not hidden in this
> manner but inaccessible for some other reason. 
>
> > Take a look into Evolution's Junk folder. Messages that are marked as
> > Junk disappear from the original folder and are only displayed in the
> > Junk folder.
>
> The junk folder displays 4 messages since 4pm (EST) yesterday and none
> of the messages in the inbox prior to 4pm (EST) yesterday. Of the 4
> messages, they seem to be properly marked as spam.
>
> >  
> > Check your default folder under "Edit | Preferences | Email Accounts |
> > Edit | Defaults". Perhaps it is set to some other folder then the
> > folder you thought of. 
>
> I checked the defaults for this account. The settings seem to effect the
> draft and sent folders. There is no option that appears to effect the
> inbox. 
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> I've checked fastmail's systems status site to see that they recently
> had a problem with IMAP for certain customers. They indicated that the
> problem was fixed 2 days ago. I've filed a ticket with fastmail.fm. 
>
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