Kmail : problem in checking Gmail with IMAP account type

[Farhad Hedayati Fard]

On Tuesday 29 December 2009 06:08:47 pm Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 December 2009 13:10:23 farhad hedayati wrote:
> > Hi Anne , thanks for replay
> 
> Friendly reminder - top-posting is frowned on in technical mailing lists,
> because so many people search for answers in the archives, and top-posting
> destroys the natural way of reading.  By deleting my original part, I've
> restored this to the preferred format :-)
> 
> > This is my configuration :
> > in General tab:
> > Account name : hf.farhad at gmail.com
> > Incomming mail server : imap.gmail.com
> > port : 993
> > login : hf.farhad at gmail.com
> > password : mypassword
> > checked: Store IMAP password , Include in manual mail check, Enable
> > 
> >  interval mail checking with 1 minutes check interval.
> 
> Everything looks fine there (although a 1 minute check interval might be a
> bit much for most networks - I use 5 minutes).
> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78799 seems to
> agree with you on the other settings.
> 
> > in IMAP Settings tab:
> > checked : Automatically compact folders, Load attachments on demand, use
> > default identity.
> > Namespaces are empty ( I didn't change them ).
> > 
> > Security tab :
> > Encryption : Use SSL for secure mail download
> > Authentication mode : Clear Text
> > 
> > Filtering tab: Server supports Sieve is not enabled.
> 
> I can't see any problem there either.
> 
> > ---------------------http://imagebin.ca/view/Urgxov.html
> 
> This is where I get confused.  As I said, I don't use gmail's imap - my
> mail is forwarded to another account - so I'm not familiar with the look
> of KMail when using gmail imap.  So, here come the questions, as I try to
> interpret what I'm seeing.
>
> At the top of your list I see what appears to be the account name, and
> under that is an Inbox.  Is that inbox not part of the Gmail setup?
> 
> Then, directly under that (and at the same branch-level) there is the
> [Gmail] account, with a greyed-out (virtual?) folder and a set of
> sub-folders as I'd expect to see.  How did that folder and its structure
> get created?  Is it possible that it's the [ and ] in the name that's
> causing the problem?
> 

The [Gmail] foldere grayed out after I changed its properties, and its 
properties is grayed out in right click menu ( I don't know what should i call 
this menu, sry!)

> What about those other folders, such as TehranLug - do they come in from a
> different account?
> 

No, they're labels I have created in my gmail account , 
http://imagebin.ca/view/K40AwS.html , as I said this is the default structure 
that kmail used, I didn't add any folder to the structure...

> The normal structure in KMail is for one top-level Inbox and everything
> else to be subfolders of that, whereas you have many top-level folders, it
> seems.
> 
> > anyway, I disabled "include this folder when checking for new mail" and
> > 
> >  "Act on new/unread mail in this folder" in [Gmail] folder's properties
> >  (see the above link) and now I don't get the error anymore , but I think
> >  should would be another way for fixing this problem instead of
> >  completely preventing kmail from using the folder! :P
> 
> Yes, there has to be a way of sorting this, because I know that some people
> do use it.  Unfortunately, many people are still away due to holiday
> family visits, so responses may be slower than usual, so I'll help all I
> can.
> 
Thank you so much Anne :)

> Meanwhile, you were right to remove the Gmail folder from the automatic
> actions, but enable it in manual checks, so that you can see whether any
> changes you make have the right effect.
> 
> That error message is niggling me - The server replied: Unknown Mailbox:
> [Gmail] .  It sounds as though gmail is getting that as your username?
> 
> Anne


Thanks again ,
Farhad
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