[kmail2] [Bug 366357] New: IMAP account enables server-side subscriptions and doesn't check mail in parent folder

[James Beck via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366357

            Bug ID: 366357
           Summary: IMAP account enables server-side subscriptions and
                    doesn't check mail in parent folder
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 5.1.3
          Platform: Kubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: james at jmbeck.com

I have an email account with a directory structure that has Inbox as the
parent, and many folders below that (as children). When server-side
subscriptions feature is enabled, the mail in the Inbox parent folder is not
displayed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup an IMAP email account that contains a directory structure as follows.
The names of the folders probably aren't important, but the fact that (e.g.)
the trash folder is a sub-directory of the Inbox folder, is probably important.
Note that email exists in the Inbox, as well as the sub-directories.

* Inbox
    * old-messages
    * trash
    * myspecialmessages
    * archive

2. Enable server-side subscriptions.
3. Allow the account to fetch the email from the server.

Actual Results:  
The trash and old-messages folders contain email. The Inbox parent folder does
not display any email in the message list.

Expected Results:  
The email located in the Inbox should be displayed in the message list.

I've had this problem for many years, actually. It doesn't happen with Gmail,
but it always happens with my Dreamhost hosted account. It always takes me a
couple frustrating days before I remember what the problem is.

This might be another bug, but I also have trouble setting the Trash folder for
the account. Even after disabling the server-side subscriptions feature,  it
seems to mess up something fundamental to the account. When setting a Trash
folder, it never keeps the setting and refuses to allow me to delete email. I
have to delete the whole account and start again without server-side
subscriptions.

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