On Feb 25, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Carlos Williams wrote:
I logged into my webmail and in the main mailbox view all my IMAP folders except for Inbox and the default ones were missing. I then opened up the folders settings option and 'subscribed' to all the folders I didn't see in my main mailbox view. Once I enabled 'subscription' via webmail, I could then see all my folders again. Is this wrong? You stated the opposite should be done.
How you handle your client for day-to-day viewing is up to you. I outlined what you need to do to control outside variables if your goal is to evaluate the fitness of a server configuration.
I just can't see how to get any IMAP client to read IMAP folders w/o that 'subscriptions' file. It appears that it looks for it or is in some way dependent on this file. Am I wrong?
All clients except some versions of Outlook Express/Vista "Mail" have a configuration option for "Show only subscribed folders". In Thunderbird it's on by default.
-Brian
