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#80 Unable to retrieve inbox mail from Yahoo Mail
Since the release of version 1.5.0, I have been unable to retrieve mail from my Yahoo Mail account's inbox. Every time I try to sync my mail, I receive the following error:
IMAP error: cannot use unqualified 'Inbox'. Did you mean INBOX?Error: channel (EMAIL)@yahoo.com: far side box Inbox cannot be opened.
Below is the output of mbsync -V (EMAIL)@yahoo.com:
Reading configuration file /home/(USER)/.mbsyncrc
Notice: SSLType is deprecated. Use TLSType instead.
Channel (EMAIL)@yahoo.com
Opening far side store (EMAIL)@yahoo.com-remote...
Resolving export.imap.mail.yahoo.com...
Opening near side store (EMAIL)@yahoo.com-local...
Connecting to export.imap.mail.yahoo.com (67.195.176.151:993)...
Connection is now encrypted
Logging in...
Opening far side box Archive...
Opening near side box Archive...
Loading far side box...
far side: 0 messages, 0 recent
Loading near side box...
near side: 0 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Opening far side box Bulk...
Opening near side box Bulk...
Loading far side box...
far side: 0 messages, 0 recent
Loading near side box...
near side: 0 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Opening far side box (NAME)...
Opening near side box (NAME)...
Loading far side box...
Loading near side box...
near side: 101 messages, 0 recent
far side: 101 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Opening far side box Draft...
Opening near side box Draft...
Loading far side box...
Loading near side box...
near side: 33 messages, 0 recent
far side: 33 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Opening far side box Drafts...
Opening near side box Drafts...
Error: channel (EMAIL)@yahoo.com: far side box Drafts cannot be opened.
Opening far side box Inbox...
IMAP error: cannot use unqualified 'Inbox'. Did you mean INBOX?Error: channel (EMAIL)@yahoo.com: far side box Inbox cannot be opened.
Opening far side box Notes...
Opening near side box Notes...
Loading far side box...
Loading near side box...
near side: 4 messages, 0 recent
far side: 4 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Opening far side box Realarchive...
Opening near side box Realarchive...
Loading far side box...
Loading near side box...
near side: 10284 messages, 451 recent
far side: 10284 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Opening far side box Sent...
Opening near side box Sent...
Loading far side box...
Loading near side box...
near side: 661 messages, 0 recent
far side: 661 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Opening far side box Trash...
Opening near side box Trash...
Loading far side box...
far side: 0 messages, 0 recent
Loading near side box...
near side: 0 messages, 0 recent
Synchronizing...
Processed 10 box(es) in 1 channel(s),
pulled 0 new message(s) and 0 flag update(s),
expunged 0 message(s) from near side,
pushed 0 new message(s) and 0 flag update(s),
expunged 0 message(s) from far side.
The relevant lines from my .mbsyncrc are shown below:
IMAPStore (EMAIL)@yahoo.com-remote
Host export.imap.mail.yahoo.com
Port 993
User (EMAIL)@yahoo.com
PassCmd "pass (EMAIL)@yahoo.com"
AuthMechs LOGIN
SSLType IMAPS
CertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
PipelineDepth 9
MaildirStore (EMAIL)@yahoo.com-local
Subfolders Verbatim
Path /home/(USER)/.local/share/mail/(EMAIL)@yahoo.com/
Inbox /home/(USER)/.local/share/mail/(EMAIL)@yahoo.com/INBOX
Channel (EMAIL)@yahoo.com
Expunge Both
Far :(EMAIL)@yahoo.com-remote:
Near :(EMAIL)@yahoo.com-local:
Patterns * !"[Gmail]/All Mail"
Create Both
SyncState *
MaxMessages 0
ExpireUnread no
I have tried changing the Inbox option to use (EMAIL)@yahoo.com/Inbox and (EMAIL)@yahoo.com/INBOX and resyncing all of my email with both Inbox options, but they all result in the same error.
I did not have this issue with version 1.4.4. I believe commit d54c22 may be relevant, but I'm not certain. It may be the case that Yahoo Mail stores the inbox mailbox internally as Inbox, instead of INBOX.
I am using Artix Linux.
Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated! If any further information is needed, please let me know.
well, yes, that commit does seem very pertinent. so do you see a difference between 1.5.0 and git master?
Apologies for the delay.
I've tested git master today (November 1, 2024) with commit [3c4b5f]. It successfully retrieved mail from Yahoo.
excellent!