Hi, On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 22:31 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 16:53 -0400, Alex wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > >> > There are no "real" folders in Gmail. It's a database. "Folders" are >> > >> > simply labels (which is why the same message can be in multiple >> > >> > "folders"). Possibly Trash is a special case of messages marked for >> > >> > deletion (as happens on IMAP servers), I wouldn't know. >> > >> >> > >> I meant "real" in terms of accessibility from IMAP, compared to the >> > >> labels/filters that can be created and aren't really part of IMAP at >> > >> all. >> > >> >> > >> So I moved the 260k messages I had in Trash to some folder called >> > >> [imap]/Trash, and as the name implies, I was then able to access them >> > >> using fetchmail. >> > > >> > > AFAIK they are all accessible from IMAP, however your IMAP client may >> > > not be subscribed to all of them. For example, I don't subscribe to the >> > > Gmail Trash folder (label) from Evolution because Evo has its own >> > > virtual Trash folder which is slightly different (it follows the >> > > canonical IMAP model, which strictly speaking Gmail doesn't). >> > >> > I'm pretty sure there are some folders that just aren't available. >> > There's also an option in Settings that allows you to select/unselect >> > which folders are visible to IMAP, and the general Trash folder is not >> > there, along with many other folders. >> > >> > "All Mail" is another folder that I just can't figure out how to access. >> >> I do see the Gmail Trash folder (and [IMAP]/Trash which is different and >> has nothing in it currently). I also see Drafts, Important, Starred and >> Sent Mail, but not Chats, Spam or All Mail, so they are clearly special >> cases. > > This just in: I went to the Gmail settings pane and enabled all the > above, and they all appear under the Folder Subscriptions dialogue in > Evolution. IOW they aren't that special (though Gmail describes them as > "System Labels". There are two Trash folders. One labelled Trash, which I could not access, and one labelled [imap]/Trash, which was accessible, once enabled in the Subscriptions you describe. Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
