IMAP Problem

I finally realized that I can force the iPhone to use the server's Trash and Sent folder and am VERY pleased with this. Unfortunately, now I have extra folders on my iPhone--they don't show up on my IMAP server from what I see. It seems that the drafts folder initially got setup properly but Trash and Sent did not. They defaulted to storing on the device.
So, I have a "Deleted Messages" and "Sent Messages" folder that I do not want. They do not show up on my IMAP server and I don't want them, obviously. They just make me have to scroll on the folder list so it would be nice to eliminate them from the list--also so I don't accidentally use them.
So, is there a way to delete (or create) a folder on an IMAP server from the iPhone? This would probably let me fix the problem.

I really need a way to delete the folders because, like I said, they are local to the iPhone so it isn't even a matter of deleting folders from the server--which I really don't need or want because it could be accidental.
The strange thing is that the drafts folder WAS picked up and used initially. If I could figure out why it was chosen and somehow get the other two folders to be chosen first, then it would be able to pick Trash and Sent without having to create its own local folders that I would then be unable to delete.
I wonder if I renamed my Sent and Trash folder to Deleted Messages and Sent Messages, as the iPhone names the local folders, then it might pick the folders up initially without creating folders locally.
I may just wait a while and live with it because these different techniques could create other problems. I'll just wait and hope Apple adds some abilities in the next version...which I hope they release an update soon with even more amazingness!

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Pdobry wrote:
The problem is that Mail app in iPhone is trying to download message headers via FETCH command and does not handle properly response from IMAP server which does not support partial download of email headers. It starts asking for the headers in the infinite loop which quickly drains out the battery
More recent testing by myself reveals it is getting stuck on some messages when doing the 'message peek' to get the summary of an email. It gets the subjects fine (as the first pass) but then gets stuck on some emails when doing the second pass to get the summary. Apple Mail on a Mac does not (as far as I am aware) do a message peek so does not have this problem.
The two different makes of server I have seen this problem with do support this message peek command in that at least some of the time it is working with the iPhone.
I was able to get a debug level log which shows entries like this
\[02/Apr/2008 23:56:17\]\[48699904\] {imaps} Peek FETCH executed on message 0000ba58 in folder [email protected]/INBOX
\[02/Apr/2008 23:56:17\]\[48699904\] {imaps} Sent 1 fetch responses
\[02/Apr/2008 23:56:18\]\[48699904\] {imaps} Command 293 UID FETCH 47704 BODY.PEEK\[2.HEADER\]<1177.15207>
\[02/Apr/2008 23:56:18\]\[48699904\] {imaps} Peek FETCH executed on message 0000ba58 in folder [email protected]/INBOX
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\[02/Apr/2008 23:56:18\]\[48699904\] {imaps} Command 294 UID FETCH 47704 BODY.PEEK\[2.HEADER\]<1177.15207>
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As it seems to be linked to specific messages it was not a surprise that when this is tried on a practically empty email account the problem does not occur.
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Even if one for arguments sake assumes the mail server is at fault and is sending the iPhone garbage, the iPhone should only try a single specific email a maximum number of times (for example five), and then give up. This would prevent it draining the battery so fast and trying to cook itself (by constantly running its transmitter).

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Hi,
I don't know if this is relevant... but…
Last year, when I set up a second, temporary Gmail IMAP account, I found that all did not jell well together…
I encountered quite a few problems… sending and receiving… transferring to and from the accounts… and lots of Hangs and Time Outs…
When I had eventually finished with the second account, I not only deleted it from Mac Mail, but Completely Closed and Deleted it with Gmail.
Since then I have had no such problems with my single Gmail IMAP account…
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2. reading a mail - hold on wait - some minutes later the same message is marked as unread again
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The problem started for me something like six months ago. Originally it was a rare occurrence so clicking retry once every now and then wasn't a big deal, but as I mentioned I now get the time-out virtually every time I send a message. I appreciate the message is successfully sent first, but I can't just ignore it as I need to have a copy retained in my Sent folder for my records.
Possibly the BTYahoo! servers that handle that function are much slower to respond now? I'll see if I can increase the time-out limit in Thunderbird. There is no time-out problem sending messages, just when saving the copy.
Once in a blue moon I don't get the error message but there is still no copy saved in the Sent folder. That is very annoying when it happens. Luckily that is still a very rare occurrence currently.
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I've been using hotmail for years, migrating from hotmail really is not an option, have too many resumes/accounts et al established with that ID to consider switching to another web presence. Yet, the problems that Mail has with Hotmail/Outlook was making me crazy. Kept getting unsecured SSL errors, inability to connect errors, and having to fruitlessly retype my hotmail password while trying to connect.
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RunspaceId : 49df46c8-c92d-4860-8e5d-33b212ad3044
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UnencryptedOrTLSBindings : {0.0.0.0:143}
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AdminDisplayName :
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Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=Sync Hosting,CN=Microsoft Exch
ange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=sync,DC=hosting
Identity : SYNCHEXCASHUB01\1
Guid : 7005ade4-ce3e-4a95-a352-45164924fdec
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WhenCreated : 19.09.2011 20:53:51
WhenChangedUTC : 07.11.2011 15:17:51
WhenCreatedUTC : 19.09.2011 18:53:51
OrganizationId :
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#Fields: dateTime,sessionId,seqNumber,sIp,cIp,user,duration,rqsize,rpsize,command,parameters,context
2011-11-07T15:10:10.499Z,0000000000000001,0,178.250.172.237:143,93.223.147.244:50724,,-2147483648,0,53,OpenSession,,
2011-11-07T15:10:11.218Z,0000000000000002,0,10.0.7.10:993,10.0.7.10:7103,,-2147483648,0,53,OpenSession,,
2011-11-07T15:10:11.311Z,0000000000000002,1,10.0.7.10:993,10.0.7.10:7103,,62,15,135,capability,,R=ok
2011-11-07T15:10:11.358Z,0000000000000002,2,10.0.7.10:993,10.0.7.10:7103,,0,11,91,logout,,R=ok
2011-11-07T15:10:12.374Z,0000000000000001,1,178.250.172.237:143,93.223.147.244:50724,,0,4,28,InvalidCommand,HELO,"R=""HELO BAD Command Error. 12"";RpcL=-1;LdapL=-1"
2011-11-07T15:10:13.889Z,0000000000000001,2,178.250.172.237:143,93.223.147.244:50724,,0,4,28,InvalidCommand,EHLO,"R=""EHLO BAD Command Error. 12"";RpcL=-1;LdapL=-1"
2011-11-07T15:10:15.624Z,0000000000000001,3,178.250.172.237:143,93.223.147.244:50724,,0,4,57,InvalidCommand,HELP,"R=""HELP BAD Command Error. 12"
2011-11-07T15:11:32.873Z,0000000000000003,0,10.0.7.10:993,10.0.7.10:7334,,-2147483648,0,53,OpenSession,,
2011-11-07T15:11:32.888Z,0000000000000003,1,10.0.7.10:993,10.0.7.10:7334,,0,15,135,capability,,R=ok
2011-11-07T15:11:33.029Z,0000000000000003,2,10.0.7.10:993,10.0.7.10:7334,,140,50,23,login,[email protected] *****,"R=""aDIO NO LOGIN failed."";Msg=LogonFailed:LoginDenied"
2011-11-07T15:11:33.029Z,0000000000000003,3,10.0.7.10:993,10.0.7.10:7334,,0,0,0,CloseSession,,
I've already fixed this once with adding the "compliance.dll" lines that was missing from the "..exe.config" files. After applying UR 6 the error is appearing again and i don't know how to fix it this time..
please advise,
Peter

Hi Peter,
Can you use Outlook (via IMAP) connect to Exchange Server?
If this is the same issue as you fixed before, do you follow the old way to have a try? per my knowledge, when Exchange install the updates, the configure file will
be restore( any changed manually will be removed) .
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This problem seems similar to another recent thread but my Mail app is acting so strangely I think this warrants its own spot.
I have been running Mail up till today with two accounts - a Gmail POP account and a college email ('BlitzMail', for any Dartmouth alums) IMAP account. I had a couple plugins installed - Mail Badger and Mail Act-On.
Today, I decided to switch my Gmail account to IMAP. After I made the switch, everything seemed to be working fine. However, as soon as I clicked send on a test message from my Gmail account to see if I had set everything up correctly, Mail hung for a bit and finally just froze.
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Any help or suggestions? I use both accounts rather frequently and would like to get this sorted out as quickly as possible.
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(And wow, this totally makes me envious of Time Machine!)

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but i think people are also right in saying that apple mail is finicky about gigantic imap accounts...which is why i keep almost all my gmail messages in the "all mail" folder instead of the inbox. something tells me the inbox loads faster that way?

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