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Unstable iCloud IMAP folders subscriptions

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Erik Herlé
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I am having a problem syncing my Thunderbird folders with iCloud. Every time I have to explicitly check that I want to subscribe to all IMAP folders in my iCloud account. Then after a short while a lot of folders get unsubscribed and I have to subscribe them again. I have experienced this instability with both Thunderbird and Betterbird as well as on Windows 10 and Pop_OS! 22.04. More people have reported the same issue, but no solutions have been shared:

Does anyone know how can I fix this?

I am having a problem syncing my Thunderbird folders with iCloud. Every time I have to explicitly check that I want to subscribe to all IMAP folders in my iCloud account. Then after a short while a lot of folders get unsubscribed and I have to subscribe them again. I have experienced this instability with both Thunderbird and Betterbird as well as on Windows 10 and Pop_OS! 22.04. More people have reported the same issue, but no solutions have been shared: * https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1441368 * https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1444029 Does anyone know how can I fix this?

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Erik Herlé
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I also deleted and recreated the iCloud acount in TB a couple of times. Also deleted and recreated TB profiles. And re-installed TB. Nothing solved it.

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Erik Herlé
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I get the same behavior with Outlook on Windows 10: disappearing IMAP folders. Looks like it is an iCloud problem.

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Rick
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Hi Erik,

In account settings - server settings - advanced, what is your setting for "Show only subscribed folders"?

Does the behavior change if this box is not selected?

Rick

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