IMAP: Inbox hidden in offline with "Show only subscribed folders"
If you have a regular IMAP account (not GMail) set to "only show subscribed folders", even if you have set the folders to download/cache for offline use, starting Evolution without a network connection (or with --offline
) will result in not being able to see that account's inbox folder (you will not see the real inbox folder, and I presume none of its subfolders either) and thus not being able to read the emails offline for those folders.
This screencast demonstrates the problem. I've seen it on all my computers with Evolution 3.46.x (and 3.44 too, I believe), and with various IMAP accounts (not just this one). It seems the key to triggering it is having the "Only show subscribed folders" setting turned on for that account.