[Evolution-users] How to put folders at the same level as Inbox (and no inside)

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2022-12-03 at 17:44 +0100, Gabriel GUILLET via evolution-users
wrote:
> This is a laposte.net email account (the server name is 
> imap.laposte.net). I've not managed to know if this server is based
> on 
> Cyrus. But your first explanation seems to be the good one as:
> 
>   - in my webmail, every folders are displayed at the same level
> 
>   - in Evolution, I tried to move folders (currently inside Inbox) to
> the same level of Inbox and I obtained an error
> 
> Moreover, I've had the same issue in Thunderbird and I solved it 
> following the procedure given in the part "Pourquoi les dossiers 
> spéciaux apparaissent-ils en sous-dossiers de « Courriers entrants »
> ?" 
> of the procedure described on this website: 
> https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/configurer-les-dossiers-speciaux-dun-compte-imap
>  
> (just look at the first picture)
> 
> So, Thunderbird offers an option which allows to display every
> folders 
> at the same level while entering the name of the root folder on the 
> server. What should I do to obtain the same result with Evolution?

[Please don't top-post on this list]

A quick search in the archives shows multiple threads about this going
back nearly 20 years (including from me) and the basic idea is that
this is a server-side option called "anonymous root folder" which is
not per-user configurable according to the IMAP standard. It may be
that Thunderbird has an option to disguise the real server folder
structure, but AFAIK Evolution doesn't. Feel free to file a Request For
Enhancement if you think it's important.

Alternatively, you can of course set up a separate virtual folder
structure using Search Folders.

poc