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Re: IMAP Subscriptions

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On 10/07/2021 04:32, VanguardLH wrote:
> Marc Auslander <marcausl@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> There is a subscription pane for an IMAP account.  I can add folders
>> by selecting them.  But unselecting a folder does not make is
>> disappear. I'm not sure what's going on here.  Can someone tell me
>> how this is supposed to work.
>>
>> My goal is to unsubscribe from All Mail which is monstrous. (The
>> account is in gmail).
>>
>> I managed to do this for one account by deleting it and then
>> reestablishing it but that's not a very convenient approach :-)
> 
> Only the ones you select will get displayed in the folder pane.  Perhaps
> after changing the list of which are subscribed requires you to unload
> and reload Thunderbird to refresh its view in the folders pane.
> 
> Alternatively, log into your Gmail account using a web browser, go into
> Gmail's settings, and under IMAP decide which folders Gmail will present
> to an IMAP client.  Gmail never used folders.  It uses labels, and then
> lies to IMAP clients that the labels are folders.  Go into Gmail
> settings, under Labels, decide which are visible via IMAP access.
> 
> Be warned that some e-mail clients, especially those that use the Gmail
> API instead of IMAP, sync on the All Mail folder.  Disabling it at the
> server causes problems in an e-mail client that syncs on the All Mail
> folder.  Those clients might let you hide the All Mail folder:
> right-click on a folder to see if Hide is an option.
> 
Use of labels by Gmail is reflected in the way TB stores messages. 
Looking in my profile, other IMAP accounts have a separate file for each 
TB folder. With Gmail there is just one large INBOX file which holds 
everything including sent emails. Hence the All Mail "folder" in Gmail 
does not waste any space.

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  Re: IMAP Subscriptions VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-07-09 22:32 -0500
    Re: IMAP Subscriptions MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2021-07-10 08:18 +0100
      Re: IMAP Subscriptions VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-07-10 04:00 -0500
        Re: IMAP Subscriptions MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2021-07-11 14:59 +0100
          Re: IMAP Subscriptions MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2021-07-11 15:24 +0100
          Re: IMAP Subscriptions Marc Auslander <marcausl@gmail.com> - 2021-07-11 15:31 -0400
            Re: IMAP Subscriptions "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-12 07:19 +0300
            Re: IMAP Subscriptions MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2021-07-12 14:42 +0100
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