Comments on: Checking IMAP Sub-Folders with Thunderbird

By: siikah

siikah — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:01:02 +0000

Thanks man. This bug has been annoying me for months!

By: Pelle

Pelle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:09:24 +0000

Thanks so much for this info. Been looking for an answer for a least a year..

By: Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:03:12 +0000

On a per folder basis in 2.0.0.9 you can right click the folder, choose properties, and check “Check this folder for new messages”.

By: Brandon M.

Brandon M. — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:44:17 +0000

And…This is fixed by Subscribing. Right click on any folder in that Account and hit subscribe. Then Check any folder you would like to keep updated. It does not automatically check subfolders.

By: Brandon M.

Brandon M. — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:38:49 +0000

Not working for me with IMAP, version 2.0.0.14 on WinXP SP2 and MS Exchange Server 2000. These are the steps I took in finding the problem:

Turned on “mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new”, closed, reopened and nothing changed. I tried creating a folder under the directory the same name as a folder that already exists and nothing happened. I tried creating a folder outside the inbox directory and drag it in; I got an error message that said a folder already exists with that name. Then in Thunderbird I created a new folder under my inbox with a unique name. The folder appeared over on the outlook side. I put an email in the new outlook folder and it appeared in Thunderbird.

It appears that Thunderbird just can’t make visible the folders under it’s own inbox that are on the server side other than the inbox itself. This appears to be a bug.

By: Hmm ...

Hmm ... — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:24:17 +0000

Amendment to the post above … I get all mail just dumped into “Inbox” instead of have it structured in subfolders.

By: Hmm ...

Hmm ... — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:12:58 +0000

Any idea why none of the above mentioned works with Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 running under Linux (SuSE 10.3)? It’s working under XP …
In Linux it shows me the public subfolders but not the ones I created under “Inbox”. We’re using MS Exchange Server.
Thanks!

By: Nathan Friedly

Nathan Friedly — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:50:51 +0000

Same as the fellow above, thanks.

By: Martin Jensen

Martin Jensen — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:54:53 +0000

Thank you, i was looking for this..

Have a nice day…