When I create a folder for an IMAP's Mailbox, nothing gets created but no error is given

Devnullius wrote:

Note to self:

https://support.apple.com/nl-nl/guide/mail/mlhlp1227/mac

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2476217/mac-os-x-how-to-fix-apple-mail-by-rebuilding-and-reindexing-the-mailbox.html

Alright, I learned a bit more. In short: it's a provider problem. And mostly it's an Apple Mail problem.

I switched providers and now I don't have the huge syncing problems any longer. The problem, at heart, is how Apple Mail handles Mailboxes (which should equal IMAP folders with a Parent Folder "INBOX"). Read more here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251610098?answerId=253108233022#253108233022

Remaining question is how to use Apple Mail to create a Mailbox under the email account's INBOX as a true IMAP folder (see my question for that here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251612490)

For real? So people that don't know frack from computers are supposed to go to their webmail, login and create folders just so they can organize their email? I sure hope that can't be true!! :( It would be madness...!

Even more, at the moment not even creating the folders through webmail seems to be working for any of my accounts - while I did add a few the other day... :/

1 of the folders I created last night apparently got synced during the night. The other account's webmail created folders still aren't showing. How hard is it to make an email client that just works. Ain't that Apple's slogan?? :( I do appreciate the help though ;-)

Been running in Safe Mode for a good day now. After 2 days, in of the folders I created in webmail turned up in Mail. Others are still missing. Also I'm moving local archived emails to one of the folders and it's taking forever. In the webmail client I still can't see any emails arriving and the Status window only says 'downloading messages' (slowly climbing from about 10 this morning to about 100 12 hours later). As far as Mail is considered, all moved mails were moved to the IMAP folder. Webmail disputes this.

I think what's happening is that IMAP synchronization is extremely slow. I've asked the provider if they by any chance use Exchange, but in general their support seems to be at a lost with silly questions and lots of silence... :)

I think it's about time to test Outlook instead. For that I need to reboot into the old HDD, and deactivate Office and transfer the license to the new SSD. I don't dare to quit Mail just yet. Let's see what it does in the morning and I'm still open to suggestions while we wait :)

Thanks!

Update on:

Also I'm moving local archived emails to one of the folders and it's taking forever. In the webmail client I still can't see any emails arriving and the Status window only says 'downloading messages' (slowly climbing from about 10 this morning to about 100 12 hours later). As far as Mail is considered, all moved mails were moved to the IMAP folder. Webmail disputes this.

Situation is the same, except that the activity monitor now says it's downloading 230 emails instead of the good 100 of yesterday evening. Moving sure works in mysterious ways on Mac OS :)

Devnullius wrote:

Update on:

Also I'm moving local archived emails to one of the folders and it's taking forever. In the webmail client I still can't see any emails arriving and the Status window only says 'downloading messages' (slowly climbing from about 10 this morning to about 100 12 hours later). As far as Mail is considered, all moved mails were moved to the IMAP folder. Webmail disputes this.

Situation is the same, except that the activity monitor now says it's downloading 230 emails instead of the good 100 of yesterday evening. Moving sure works in mysterious ways on Mac OS :)

Close to 600 messages downloading today... So weird!

Update: downloading of messages is done (which as far as I can estimate it should mean that moving all local emails to the IMAP's folders went ok).

But now it's panicing time... While Mail says my IMAP folder contains all moved emails, the webmail shows this not to be the case! Where are those messages then?? And even more, other folders I moved emails to previously now appear to be empty in Mail (but are ok when looked at through webmail).

I'm so tired of this ****. If provider doesn't know what to do, I think I'll just jump ahead and take a new hosting provider altogether. I just have to figure out how to migrate the out-of-sync IMAP mailboxes from provider to provider. I might give Outlook a chance before doing that.

Thanks for the help: still open to suggestions...

Insights correction: the email status window with the downloading

messages was due to me asking for a synchronization in Mail, not because

I moved local mails to the server. Which makes the mysterie even

bigger.... where are all my mails at? :s

PS: might be related to: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251575472?

Note to self:

https://support.apple.com/nl-nl/guide/mail/mlhlp1227/mac

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2476217/mac-os-x-how-to-fix-apple-mail-by-rebuilding-and-reindexing-the-mailbox.html

Update: I created a bunch of folders the other day with the webmail, yet today I see that's failing completely... I just don't get wtf Apple Mail is doing!! :(

PS: for the moment I'm ignoring all the Spam errors referenced in the other tread... We will cross that bridge when we get there :)

Devvie