Getting imap to work

[T-Rex]

I can't seem to get imap to work properly. It won't receive or send mails.
I can see the imap folder in the mailboxes, but it's empty. I think I've configured the settings correctly - he says tentatively.

[T-Rex]

Perhaps I should have added, Please can anyone give me some advice?

[arsorkin]

I am able to get imap working for gmail. I have not tried it with my own mail server yet.

Account:
yourname@gmail.com
imap.gmail.com
smtp.gmail.com

Checking:
Port 993
SSLv23 (sets the port to 993)

Sending:
465
SSLv23 (sets the port to 465)

[T-Rex]

Thanks arsorkin. I have all that correctly. Turned out I had stupidly entered the wrong password!
However! All is still not working properly. I see all the folders associated with that gmail account, but when I open any folder, it's empty?

[arsorkin]

I don't have that problem (empty mailboxes) with gmail. If I click on an imap mailbox, MF does a sync operation, and messages show up. I did have one instance where the title bar message count was scrambled after I stopped the sync because it appeared to be hung. I would say that there are still some bugs with imap, but is seems to mostly work (for me for gmail).

[T-Rex]

Nah, imap with Gmail is not working well at all. Will not sync. Would this be because I've got POP set up in Eudora for the same account?

[arsorkin]

I'm downloading mail on a Mac using Eudora (or MailForge) with POP from my Linux mail server (but not automatically deleting on download). And I have an IMAP connection when using a Google Nexus 7 and K-9 Mail (sometimes at the same time too). So generally speaking, there is no problem using both. However, gmail could behave differently from Linux postfix/dovecot.