[Evolution-users] Sent folder randomly resets to default

[Pete Biggs]

On Thu, 2026-04-09 at 08:06 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-users
wrote:
> On Wed, 2026-04-08 at 23:50 +0200, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > If the server is slow to respond with, say, a folder list and it
> > thinks the folder is missing does Evolution reset to the default?
> 
>  Hi,
> you are right, the sent folder can be reset, but not when the server is
> slow, it's when the store explicitly claims the folder was deleted. In
> case of IMAP, it can sometimes also mean when the folder was
> unsubscribed, including unsubscribed for the code, not only by the
> user.

OK. So it's probably some oddity with the iCloud IMAP implementation -
I've never seen it happen with anything else.

> 
> I think there was something similar, causing the filter folders being
> reset in certain situation (as you mentioned the filters too), but I do
> not recall the details right now.
> 
> Is the 3.60.0 your version? That surely contains that related change.
> 
> 
I'm on 3.58.3 - the native version that comes with FC43 - FC44 is due
out soon so that should have 3.60 

I get an alert if my filter folder is missing - might it be an idea to
post an alert if the other special folders go AWOL as well?

P.