OT: Thunderbird spontaneously unsubscribing folders.

[Rolf Turner]

On 12/07/14 12:04, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 07/11/2014 04:54 PM, Rolf Turner issued this missive:
>>
>> This is of course not a Fedora issue as such, but I have tried hard and
>> without success to find answers elsewhere.  And since this list has so
>> many contributors who are *so* knowledgeable (abrasive, cranky, cryptic,
>> but above all *knowledgeable*) I thought I would ask here.
>>
>> The question is actually two-fold:
>>
>> (1) From time to time, for no reason that I can discern, Thunderbird
>> spontaneously unsubscribes all (or perhaps most of) my email folders and
>> subfolders.
>>
>> I can of course re-subscribe to them, but since I have a rather large
>> number of folders and subfolders (and subsubfolders ...) this is a
>> lengthy and tedious task.
>>
>> Has anyone any insight into why this unsubscription phenomenon should
>> occur and how one might prevent it from occurring?
>>
>> (2) Failing the last, is there any way to *speed up* the process of
>> re-subscribing?  I would like a way of essentially subscribing to
>> *everything*, with a single click (or something like that) and then be
>> able to go through and unsubscribe to those relatively few folders to
>> which I do not wish to subscribe.
>>
>> Groping around on the web I found a way to bypass the "subscribe"
>> system.  One goes to Edit -> Account Settings -> Server Settings ->
>> Advanced, and then unchecks "Show only subscribed folders".
>>
>> This is not too bad, but it leaves me with a number of bits of crap in
>> my folder list that I *do not* wish to see.  Things that Thunderbird
>> imposes on the user, like "Journal", "Junk E-Mail", "Notes", "Sent
>> Items", "Sent Messages", etc.  (The last two really puzzle me; what
>> function might they serve that is different from the function of the
>> "Sent" folder?)  It seems to be impossible to get rid of these, and the
>> only way to mask them is to unsubscribe.  But then I need to *subscribe*
>> to all of the stuff that I *do* want to see.
>>
>> Grateful for any insight or advice.
>
> I'm running Thunderbird 24.5.0. I haven't seen this issue, but I don't
> subscribe to a ton of folders, either (I think I have about 14 on the
> server, probably 20 or so local folders).
>
> Is it possible that it's your IMAP server that's dropping your
> subscriptions?

Yes it's certainly possible, but the real answer is "I don't know, and 
don't know how to find out."

cheers,

Rolf